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Why the linkage of glycogen to glycogenin was so difficult to determine
Author(s) -
Whelan William J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
biochemistry and molecular biology education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1539-3429
pISSN - 1470-8175
DOI - 10.1002/bmb.96
Subject(s) - glycogen , glycogen debranching enzyme , covalent bond , glycogen synthase , biochemistry , chemistry , yeast , glycogen branching enzyme , linkage (software) , organic chemistry , gene
Glycogenin is the self‐glucosylating enzyme that primes mammalian and yeast glycogen synthesis. It proved to be the long‐suspected, covalently bound protein component of glycogen. One of the most difficult aspects in elucidating the role of glycogenin was to learn the nature of its covalent bond to glycogen.