Chapter 24, Problem 24.67EP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: To determine the form of glycogen that enters the glycolysis pathway.

Concept introduction: Glucose is a monosaccharide with the molecular formula ${\text{C}}_6{\text{H}}_{12}{\text{O}}_6$. Glycogen is a polysaccharide of glucose. It serves as a form of carbohydrate storage in humans and animals. Glycogen is a source of glucose in humans and animals.

Glycogenolysis is the metabolic pathway that converts glycogen to $\text{glucose 6}-\text{phosphate}$. In the glycolysis metabolic pathway, a glucose molecule breaks down and is converted into two pyruvate molecules along with the production of two ATP molecules and NADH coenzymes. Glucose enters the glycolytic pathway in the form of $\text{glucose 6}-\text{phosphate}$.