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Comprehensive Biochemistry, Volume 17: Carbohydrate Metabolism focuses on the processes, reactions, and transformations involved in the metabolism of carbohydrates, including glycosaminoglycans, enzymes, oxidation, and glycolysis. The selection first elaborates on functional organization contributing to carbohydrate economy and control of synthesis and breakdown of glycogen, starch, and cellulose. Discussions focus on breakdown of glycogen in mammalian systems, role of glycogen in the regulation of glycogen metabolism, glycogen and starch metabolism in bacteria and plants, carbohydrate digestion, and integration of digestion and absorption. The book also ponders on regulation and mechanisms of enzymes and hexose-monophosphate oxidation, including functions and regulation of pentose-phosphate cycle glucose transport and role of subsequent steps in regulating the rate of glycolysis. The book takes a look at the metabolism of glycosaminoglycans, aldonic and uronic acids, and carbohydrate and oxidative metabolism in neural systems. Concerns include control of carbohydrate metabolism, adaptive changes in relation to carbohydrate metabolism, uronic and aldonic acid metabolism in plants and microorganisms, and mechanism of alternation of monosaccharide units. The selection is a vital source of data for researchers interested in carbohydrate metabolism.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS VOLUME
- GENERAL PREFACE
- PREFACE TO SECTION IV
- COMPREHENSIVE BIOCHEMISTRY
- Chapter I. Functional Organization Contributing to Carbohydrate Economy
- Chapter II. Control of Synthesis and Breakdown of Glycogen, Starch and Cellulose
- Chapter III. Glycolysis: Regulation and Mechanisms of the Enzymes
- Chapter IV. Hexose-Monophosphate Oxidation
- Chapter V. Carbohydrate and Oxidative Metabolismin Neural Systems
- Chapter VI. Aldonic and Uronic Acids
- Chapter VII. The Metabolism of Glycosaminoglycans
- SUBJECT INDEX