Gluconeogenesis Quiz

Lactate, pyruvate, propionate, and glycerol (from diet & lipolysis) are the non-carbohydrate precursors involved in gluconeogenesis.

Gluconeogenesis is the formation of glucose from non-carbohydrate precursors such as lactate, glycerol, pyruvate, and propionate, as well as glucogenic amino acids. It occurs in the mitochondria and cytosol of the liver and kidney. The process is important for tissues dependent on blood glucose, such as red blood cells and the brain. Gluconeogenesis supplies body cells with glucose after 4-6 hours of the last meal and becomes fully active when the stores of glycogen are depleted.

Gluconeogenesis occurs in the mitochondria and cytosol of the liver and kidney.

<p>Gluconeogenesis is important because it supplies body cells with glucose after 4-6 hours of the last meal and becomes fully active when the stores of glycogen are depleted. It ensures a basal requirement of glucose is met even if fatty acid oxidation is supplying enough energy in the tissues.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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