Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Summer 1972

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Chemistry

Committee Chair

David G. Lygre

Second Committee Member

Robert D. Gaines

Third Committee Member

L. Clint Duncan

Abstract

Glucose-6-P occupies a strategic crossroad position in a variety of carbohydrate metabolic pathways. This hexosephosphate ester may serve as a substrate for glycogen synthesis (1), glycolysis (2), or oxidation through the pentose shunt. This ester may also undergo hydrolysis to form glucose (3). The last process is the terminal reaction in glucose synthesis from gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis and is catalyzed by glucose6-phosphatase.

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