Mammals store excess glucose in the form of a compound known as glycogen. Which molecule provides the energy required to link glucose molecules into a glycogen molecule?
Biology · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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- The molecule that provides the energy required to link glucose molecules into a glycogen molecule is adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is commonly referred to as the "energy currency" of the cell because it stores and transfers energy within cells for various metabolic processes.
- In the process of glycogen synthesis (glycogenesis), ATP provides the energy necessary for the formation of the glycosidic bonds that link individual glucose molecules together to form glycogen. This process involves the enzyme glycogen synthase, which catalyzes the reaction using ATP to drive the attachment of glucose units onto the growing glycogen chain.