glycogenin glucosyltransferase

Glycogen is a branched polymer of glucose that acts as a store of energy in times of nutritional sufficiency for utilization in… Expand

Dietary l-arginine (Arg) supplementation reduces white-fat gain in diet-induced obese rats but the underlying mechanisms are… Expand

Changes in dietary macronutrient intake alter muscle and blood substrate availability and are important for regulating gene… Expand

To investigate the effect of exercise on GLUT-4, hexokinase, and glycogenin gene expression in human skeletal muscle, 10… Expand

The discovery of glycogenin as a self‐ghicosylating protein that primes glycogen synthesis has significantly increased our… Expand

Glycogen, a branched polymer of glucose, is a storage molecule whose accumulation is under rigorous nutritional control in many… Expand

In the search for a protein primer for starch synthesis, an autocatalytic self‐glucosylating protein has been isolated from sweet… Expand

The astrocyte of the newborn rat brain has proven to be a versatile system in which to study glycogen biogenesis. We have taken… Expand

The biogenesis of glycogen in skeletal muscle requires a priming mechanism that has recently been elucidated. The first step is… Expand

In this paper we elucidate part of the mechanism of the early stages of the biosynthesis of glycogen. This macromolecule is… Expand