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What organic compound do athletes load up on for energy?
This compound is glucose.
What do you call it when athletes completely deplete their stored glycogen?
Hitting the wall
Do trained athletes store more glycogen?
Yes, they do. The more they exercise, the more glycogen they produce which is stored as short-term energy.
A technique employed by some endurance athletes to increase their storage of muscle glycogen?
A technique employed by some endurance athletes to increase their storage of muscle glycogen is
Excess glucose taken up by the liver is converted to?
glycogen
What monomers make up glycogen?
Glycogen is made up of glucose monomers. These monomers are combine in alpha-1,4 linkages with alpha 1,6 linkages used to create branches. Glycogen also has a small protein component that is used to initiate the glycogen polymer called glyocgenin.
What is the sub-unit that makes up fats.?
Fats are made up of fatty acids and glycogen
An example of a polysaccharide that is used for energy storage in humans is?
STARCH in plants. GLYCOGEN in animals.
What is the smallest polysaccharide?
glycogen
What type of carbohydrate is stored in our muscles?
Glycogen is stored in the liver and muscles, and is second to fats as long-term energy storage.
What are glycogen storage diseases?
Glycogen Storage disease is an inhearited disease that is caused by the large amount of build up of a carbohydrate called glycogen in the cells of the body. Unfourtantly when the build up occures then it causes other organs of the body to malfunction such at the liver.
What is used up quickly to produce ATP?
glucose & glycogen
