Biology / Unit 3 Bio 0567 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Glycogen and Other Sugars Feed Glycolysis
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The idea
Stored glycogen and dietary sugars other than glucose, like fructose and galactose, convert into glycolysis intermediates and enter that same pathway.
In practice
When blood glucose drops, liver and muscle cells break glycogen down into a glucose derivative feeding directly into glycolysis.
Where people slip
These sugars join glycolysis partway through, at the point their structure matches an existing intermediate.
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