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- Describe some of the most important regulatory mechanisms that underlie the use of glucose but not fatty acids in the postprandial state AND the use of fatty acids but not glucose in starvation.What are the eff ects of exercise versus eating a carbohy- drate- and protein-rich meal on the secretion of insulin and glucagon?these are KT values. Which transporter that is a GLUT will transport glucose from blood which is 5nm at the maximum or Vmax? Is it (GLUT 11,KT= 0.1M), (is it GLUT1, KT = 3nm), (is it GLUT 2, KT= 17nm), (or GLUT 4, KT = 5nm)
