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BiochemistryMBBS Year 1Free
Biochemistry: Carbohydrate Metabolism
The pathways every medical student must know cold: glycolysis, the TCA cycle, gluconeogenesis, glycogen metabolism and the pentose phosphate pathway. Each lesson pairs regulation and energetics with the enzyme deficiencies and clinical states examiners return to.
- 9
- lessons
- 1.5
- hours
- 3
- modules
- 30
- questions
What you will learn
- Describe digestion and absorption of carbohydrates and the tissue distribution of glucose transporters
- Outline glycolysis and the TCA cycle with their regulatory enzymes and ATP yield
- Explain gluconeogenesis and glycogen metabolism and how insulin and glucagon control them
- State the functions of the pentose phosphate pathway and the consequences of G6PD deficiency
- Relate disordered carbohydrate metabolism to diabetes mellitus and its acute complications
Taught by MedPrep Faculty · Biochemistry team