A main function of the liver, not muscle, is to manufacture for export to other tissues via the bloodstream. In the liver, one way to make glucose is breakdown of. In glycogen, glucose-6-phosphatase is the enzyme that catalyzes the last reaction, where a group is removed to make glucose. Thus, a decreased ability to remove this phosphate will result in levels of glucose available for export and subsequent hypoglycemia.

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Nikolai Booth

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30 August, 12:43

A main function of the liver, not muscle, is to manufacture for export to other tissues via the bloodstream. In the liver, one way to make glucose is breakdown of. In glycogen, glucose-6-phosphatase is the enzyme that catalyzes the last reaction, where a group is removed to make glucose. Thus, a decreased ability to remove this phosphate will result in levels of glucose available for export and subsequent hypoglycemia.

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A main function of the liver, not muscle, is to manufacture of glucose for export to other tissues via the bloodstream. In the liver, one way to make glucose is breakdown of glycogen. In glycogen degradation, glucose-6-phosphatase is the enzyme that catalyzes the last reaction, where a phosphate group is removed to make glucose. Thus, a decreased ability to remove this phosphate will result in lower levels of glucose available for export and subsequent hypoglycemia.

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Depending on the problem, the specified condition is hypoglycemia (which is a disease in which low (fourth space) glucose levels are low). The group that comes out is phosphate (since the enzyme is phosphatase) (fourth space). The glucose that is formed by the degradation (third space) of glycogen (glycogenolysis). In the liver there are enzymes, glucose is produced in the liver (first space).