GlycolysisGluconeogenesis Metabolite Library - Sigma-Aldrich

gluconeogenesis  Gluconeogenesis occurs during prolonged starvation or overnight fasting, mostly in liver and kidney to provide glucose to brain and RBCs As Significance of gluconeogenesis Gluconeogenesis meets the needs of the body for glucose & maintains glucose Gluconeogenesis -

Gluconeogenesis is a chemical process in living bodies In gluconeogenesis, the body turns fats and proteins into sugars called Gluconeogenesis is the process of synthesizing glucose de novo from 3- and 4-carbon precursors such as pyruvate, alanine, or glycerol It is an anabolic pathway

Gluconeogenesis ADP + Pi GTP COO– C O Pyruvate carboxylase CH2 Phosphoenolpyruvate Oxaloacetate carboxykinase COO–Figure Reversal of the reaction of The reactions of gluconeogenesis are mostly the same reactions of glycolysis, just in the opposite order The irreversible reactions of