| glycolysis |
[Greek, glykys = sweet (referring to sugar) + Iyein = to loosen] A set of ten chemical reactions that is the first stage in the metabolism of glucose.
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| glycogen |
a large, highly branched polymer (repeating units) of glucose molecules, used to store energy in muscle and liver cells.
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| glycogenesis |
The process by which molecules of glucose combine to form a molecule called glycogen.
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| glycogenolysis |
The breakdown of glycogen into glucose molecules.
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| glycolysis |
A series of of chemical reactions in the cytosol of a cell in which a molecule of glucose is split into two molecules of pyruvic acid with the production of two molecules of adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
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