Storage Carbohydrate Metabolism

Gluconeogenesis

• Pyruvate <=> Oxaloacetate (pyruvate carboxylase) - HERE / HERE
  • Biotin - HERE
• Oxaloacetate + GTP <=> PEP + CO2 + GDP (PEPCK) - HERE
• Scheme of overall pathway - HERE
• F1,6BP <=> F6P + PO4 (F1,6 bisphosphatase) - HERE
• G6P <=> Glucose + PO4 (Glucose-6-phosphatase) - HERE
• Role of F2,6BP - HERE
• Cori Cycle - HERE
• Control of Pyruvate Kinase - HERE

Metabolic Control Mechanisms - Allosteric, Covalent, Genetic

Pentose Phosphate Pathway

• Pathway schematic - HERE
• Group Transfer Reactions -TABLE

Glycogen Metabolism

Glycogen structure schematic - HERE

• Breakdown
  • Phosphorolysis to yield G1P - HERE
  • G1P <=> G6P - HERE
  • Debranching - HERE
• Synthesis
  • UDPG - HERE
  • Glycogen synthase reaction - HERE
  • Branching enzyme - HERE

Regulation

• Glycogen phosphorylase - HERE
• Glycogen synthase