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Glycogen is a
multibranched polysaccharide of
glucose that
serves as a form of
energy storage in animals, fungi, and bacteria. It is the main
storage form...
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glycogen storage disease (GSD, also
glycogenosis and dextrinosis) is a
metabolic disorder caused by a
deficiency of an
enzyme or
transport protein affecting...
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Glycogen phosphorylase is one of the
phosphorylase enzymes (EC 2.4.1.1).
Glycogen phosphorylase catalyzes the rate-limiting step in
glycogenolysis in...
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Glycogen synthase (UDP-glucose-
glycogen glucosyltransferase) is a key
enzyme in glycogenesis, the
conversion of
glucose into
glycogen. It is a glycosyltransferase...
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Glycogen storage disease type II (GSD-II), also
called Pompe disease, and
formerly known as GSD-IIa or Limb–girdle
muscular dystrophy 2V, is an autosomal...
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Glycogen storage disease type IV (GSD IV), or Andersen's Disease, is a form of
glycogen storage disease,
which is
caused by an
inborn error of metabolism...
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Glycogenolysis is the
breakdown of
glycogen (n) to glucose-1-phosphate and
glycogen (n-1).
Glycogen branches are
catabolized by the
sequential removal...
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highly branched.
Examples include storage polysaccharides such as starch,
glycogen and
galactogen and
structural polysaccharides such as
hemicellulose and...
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Glycogen storage disease type I (GSD I) is an
inherited disease that
prevents the
liver from
properly breaking down
stored glycogen,
which is necessary...
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Glycogen-branching
enzyme deficiency (GBED) is an
inheritable glycogen storage disease affecting American Quarter Horses and
American Paint Horses. It...
