Biology GCSE
glycogen
What glycogen means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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The insoluble storage polysaccharide into which soluble glucose is converted inside liver and muscle cells by enzymes stimulated by insulin.
A large insoluble polysaccharide made from many glucose units joined together, into which excess glucose is converted for storage.
The storage form of glucose, made when excess glucose inside cells is converted to glycogen for storage.
A polymer of glucose in animals, stored in liver and muscle cells when glucose is in excess.
Stores in muscles that are broken down to glucose for respiration.
Topics that use glycogen
- Control of blood glucose concentration (AQA GCSE)
- Response to exercise (AQA GCSE)
- Maintaining internal environments (OCR GCSE)
- Respiration (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Aerobic respiration
- Anaerobic respiration
- antagonistic hormones
- blood glucose regulation
- Glucagon
- homeostasis
- Insulin
- insulin resistance
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