- Glycogenesis is the process of formation of glycogen from glucose.
- Glycogen is synthesized if there are high demand for glucose and ATP (energy).
- If both glucose and ATP already present in high amount, excess of insulin will causes the glucose to convert into glycogen for the storage in liver and muscle cells.
In the synthesis of glycogen, one ATP is required per glucose incorporated into the polymeric branched structure of glycogen. actually, glucose-6-phosphate is the cross-roads compound. Glucose-6-phosphate is synthesized directly from glucose or as the end product of gluconeogenesis.