"Glycogen Synthase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of D-glucose from UDPglucose into 1,4-alpha-D-glucosyl chains. EC 2.4.1.11.
| Descriptor ID |
D006006
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.400.450.460.375
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| Concept/Terms |
Glycogen Synthase- Glycogen Synthase
- Synthase, Glycogen
- Glycogen Synthetase
- Synthetase, Glycogen
- Glycogen (Starch) Synthase
- UDP-Glucose Glycogen Glucosyl Transferase
- UDP Glucose Glycogen Glucosyl Transferase
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glycogen Synthase" by people in Profiles.
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Role of hepatic PKC? in nutritional regulation of hepatic glycogen synthesis. JCI Insight. 2021 10 08; 6(19).
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Brain glycogen serves as a critical glucosamine cache required for protein glycosylation. Cell Metab. 2021 07 06; 33(7):1404-1417.e9.
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Exercise in transgenic mice overexpressing GLUT4 glucose transporters: effects on substrate metabolism and glycogen regulation. Metabolism. 1997 Nov; 46(11):1349-57.
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Biological actions of insulin are differentially regulated by glucose and insulin in primary cultured adipocytes. Chronic ability to increase glycogen synthase activity. Diabetes. 1994 Jan; 43(1):53-62.
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Hexose-independent activation of glycogen synthase and pyruvate dehydrogenase by insulin is dissociated in the mouse BC3H-1 cell line. Mol Pharmacol. 1986 Dec; 30(6):624-30.