Predict how glycogen AND glucose metabolism would change in an individual afflicted with a deficiency in...
Predict how glycogen AND glucose metabolism would change in an individual afflicted with a deficiency in the glycogen branching enzyme, and explain why.
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Glycogen branching enzyme catalyzes the last step i glycogen biosythesis.
It connects a short glucosyl chain of about 7 glucosyl chain in an alpha 1,6 - glucoosidic link to a naked peripheral chain of nascent glycogen.
GBE deficiency causes the amylopectin like polysaccharide with less number of branches to get accumulated to while outer chains are longer in nature , which are known as polyglucosan.
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