Insulin and glucagon are hormones, not enzymes, but one promotes production of glycogen, which is how we store glucose in our cells, while the other promotes the release of glucose from the stored glycogen. In this reaction, is insulin catalyzing the catabolic or the anabolic reaction? glucose (insulin) (glucagon) glycogen Insulin and glucagon are hormones, not enzymes, but one promotes production of glycogen, which is how we store glucose in our cells, while the other promotes the release of glucose from the stored glycogen. In this reaction, is insulin catalyzing the catabolic or the anabolic reaction? catabolic anabolic

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2 January, 06:40

Insulin and glucagon are hormones, not enzymes, but one promotes production of glycogen, which is how we store glucose in our cells, while the other promotes the release of glucose from the stored glycogen. In this reaction, is insulin catalyzing the catabolic or the anabolic reaction? glucose (insulin) (glucagon) glycogen Insulin and glucagon are hormones, not enzymes, but one promotes production of glycogen, which is how we store glucose in our cells, while the other promotes the release of glucose from the stored glycogen. In this reaction, is insulin catalyzing the catabolic or the anabolic reaction? catabolic anabolic

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Wilkerson · Answer 1

Insulin catalyzes the anabolic reaction.

Explanation:

Insulin and glucagon, while both are produced in the pancreas and regulate glucose concentration in blood, have opposite effects.

An anabolic reaction consists of uniting smaller molecules in order to form bigger ones. Insulin, in this case, sends a signal to stimulate the processes of glycogenesis and lipogenesis (both using glucose as a substrate to make bigger molecules).

Glucagon, on the contrary, catalyzes catabolic reactions: breaking glycogen molecules to obtain glucose (this process is called glycogenolysis).