Molecular Function
glycogenolysis
gly·co·ge·nol·y·sis
Subclass of:
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Definitions related to glycogenolysis:
  • Biosynthesis of glucose by hydrolysis of glycogen.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The release of GLUCOSE from GLYCOGEN by GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE (phosphorolysis). The released glucose-1-phosphate is then converted to GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE by PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE before entering GLYCOLYSIS. Glycogenolysis is stimulated by GLUCAGON or EPINEPHRINE via the activation of PHOSPHORYLASE KINASE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (glycogen catabolic process) The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycogen, a polydisperse, highly branched glucan composed of chains of D-glucose residues.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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