Glycogen is the main storage form of glucose in animals. Why is glucose necessary as opposed to simply keeping a high concentration of intracellular glucose ready for when the cell needs energy? Free glucose is cytotoxic O Glycogen has the highest energy capacity of any organic compound O To maintain osmotic balance Glucose precipitates out of solution in cellular conditions O None of the above Question 26 Suppose you incubated a sample of glycogen with debranching enzyme, transferase, orthophosphate and glycogen phosphorylase. What would be the approximate ratios of G1P to Glucose (G1P/Glucose)? O Not enough information O 10 O 100 4 25
Glycogen is the main storage form of glucose in animals. Why is glucose necessary as opposed to simply keeping a high concentration of intracellular glucose ready for when the cell needs energy? Free glucose is cytotoxic O Glycogen has the highest energy capacity of any organic compound O To maintain osmotic balance Glucose precipitates out of solution in cellular conditions O None of the above Question 26 Suppose you incubated a sample of glycogen with debranching enzyme, transferase, orthophosphate and glycogen phosphorylase. What would be the approximate ratios of G1P to Glucose (G1P/Glucose)? O Not enough information O 10 O 100 4 25
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![Glycogen is the main storage form of glucose in animals. Why is glucose necessary as opposed to simply keeping a high concentration of
intracellular glucose ready for when the cell needs energy?
O Free glucose is cytotoxic
Glycogen has the highest energy capacity of any organic compound
To maintain osmotic balance
O Glucose precipitates out of solution in cellular conditions
O None of the above i
Question 26
Suppose you incubated a sample of glycogen with debranching enzyme, transferase, orthophosphate and glycogen phosphorylase.
What would be the approximate ratios of G1P to Glucose (G1P/Glucose)?
O Not enough information
O 10
O 100
25](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F11be67b6-cb1d-4b30-84cb-8059f598f313%2Fc7561a55-a7b0-47c3-b99e-4c70a2c4b9f3%2Fwbzimwc_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Glycogen is the main storage form of glucose in animals. Why is glucose necessary as opposed to simply keeping a high concentration of
intracellular glucose ready for when the cell needs energy?
O Free glucose is cytotoxic
Glycogen has the highest energy capacity of any organic compound
To maintain osmotic balance
O Glucose precipitates out of solution in cellular conditions
O None of the above i
Question 26
Suppose you incubated a sample of glycogen with debranching enzyme, transferase, orthophosphate and glycogen phosphorylase.
What would be the approximate ratios of G1P to Glucose (G1P/Glucose)?
O Not enough information
O 10
O 100
25
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