Cancer, Specialized Topics
Last Updated: October 31, 2025 Overview of Metabolism in Cancer Associations between altered metabolic pathways and cancer were first made nearly a century ago. Since then significant advances have been made in understanding the molecular and cellular basis for these...
Diseases and Disorders, Diseases of Carbohydrate Metabolism, Glycogen Storage Diseases
Last Updated: October 31, 2025 Enzymes of Type 1 Glycogen Storage Disease The mechanism by which free glucose is released from glucose-6-phosphate involves several different steps. Glucose-6-phosphate must first be transported into the lumen of the endoplasmic...
Biochemistry Topics, Carbohydrate Metabolism
Last Updated: October 24, 2025 Introduction to Carbohydrates Carbohydrates are carbon compounds that contain large quantities of hydroxyl groups. The simplest carbohydrates also contain either an aldehyde moiety (these are termed polyhydroxyaldehydes) or a ketone...
