Question

How is the ability to store glucose as glycogen related to the general principle of physiology that physiological processes require the transfer and balance of matter and energy?

Answer 1

When the body is not using the excess glucose it is converted in the form of glycogen and stored in the muscle tissue and liver. Like every other physiological process this too require the transfer and balance of matter and energy.

So if we think of glycogen it should start its path from the glucose it is converted to glucose 6 phosphate. For that the energy comes in the form of ATP gives its phosphate to add phosphate to glucose. Here we can see the transfer of matter and utilisation of energy. Then occurs the interconversion to glucose 1 phosphate. Then UTP is converted to UDP and the phosphate from the glucose is removed to form UDP-glucose. Now from a matter another is formed and the inorganic phosphate will be used to synthesis other molecules. There after UDP is replaced by glycogen primer and the UDP is recycled. Then the glycogen is formed and stored. When it needs a convertion it needs another phosphate to become glucose 1 phosphate. So we can see here the exchange of matter usage of energy. The energy utilised can be recycled by comviy the inorganic phosphate and the thus in this physiological process we can see the balance between them