why do animals store glycogen rather than glucose?
- answers other than energy would burn too fast- off the wall behavior
2006-10-23 08:14:50 · 4 answers · asked by motoson 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Insulin present in the blood favours the conversion of glucose into glycogen.
2006-10-23 08:35:27 · answer #1 · answered by Sharada B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How easily I forget all of this stuff!
Glycogen is the storage form of glucose...I thought it was because, as animals eat food containing glucose, the energy that is not readily used is converted into glycogen to be stored in the body for later use.
2006-10-23 08:21:53 · answer #2 · answered by ucd_grad_2005 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glycogen actually stores more energy in the configuration is has than a single molecule of glucose. It's your body's way of saving space.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycogen
2006-10-23 08:18:12 · answer #3 · answered by phantomlimb7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-22 01:47:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋