UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (or
UTP-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase) is an enzyme associated with
glycogenesisGlycogenesis is the process of glycogen synthesis , in which glucose molecules are added to chains of glycogen for storage . This process is activated during rest periods following the Cori cycle, in the liver, and also activated by insulin in response to high glucose levels, for example after a...
. It synthesizes UDP-glucose from
glucose-1-phosphateGlucose 1-phosphate is a glucose molecule with a phosphate group on the 1'-carbon.-Catabolic:In glycogenolysis, it is the direct product of the reaction in which glycogen phosphorylase cleaves off a molecule of glucose from a greater glycogen structure.To be utilized in cellular catabolism it must...
and
UTPUridine-5'-triphosphate is a pyrimidine nucleotide, consisting of the organic base uracil linked to the 1' carbon of the ribose sugar, and esterified with tri-phosphoric acid at the 5' position...
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UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (or
UTP-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase) is an enzyme associated with
glycogenesisGlycogenesis is the process of glycogen synthesis , in which glucose molecules are added to chains of glycogen for storage . This process is activated during rest periods following the Cori cycle, in the liver, and also activated by insulin in response to high glucose levels, for example after a...
. It synthesizes UDP-glucose from
glucose-1-phosphateGlucose 1-phosphate is a glucose molecule with a phosphate group on the 1'-carbon.-Catabolic:In glycogenolysis, it is the direct product of the reaction in which glycogen phosphorylase cleaves off a molecule of glucose from a greater glycogen structure.To be utilized in cellular catabolism it must...
and
UTPUridine-5'-triphosphate is a pyrimidine nucleotide, consisting of the organic base uracil linked to the 1' carbon of the ribose sugar, and esterified with tri-phosphoric acid at the 5' position...
.