Biochemistry
Biochemistry
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ISBN: 9781319114671
Author: Lubert Stryer, Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Gregory J. Gatto Jr.
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 21, Problem 4P
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The enzyme not involved directly in glycogen degradation should be determined.

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The breakdown of glycogen to glucose and glucose-1-phosphate during the process of glycogenolysis. The rate limiting step of glycogenolysis is the release of glucose 1-phosphate from a 1, 4-glycosidic bond at the terminal end by the enzyme glycogen phosphorylase.

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