The liver will absorb the excess glucose and store it through a process called glycogenesis. This is the process of combining glucose into bundles called glycogen (Gebel, 2012). Once glucose is in the liver the glucose is catalyzed by glycogen synthase and requires some preformed glycogen to which the new glucose will be attached. Glycogen is formed by binding a glucose residue and a tyrosine residue of a protein called glycogenin. It is stored until the blood glucose levels are low. When they are needed they break apart and are put back into the blood stream using a process called gluconeogenesis (Gropper,
The liver will absorb the excess glucose and store it through a process called glycogenesis. This is the process of combining glucose into bundles called glycogen (Gebel, 2012). Once glucose is in the liver the glucose is catalyzed by glycogen synthase and requires some preformed glycogen to which the new glucose will be attached. Glycogen is formed by binding a glucose residue and a tyrosine residue of a protein called glycogenin. It is stored until the blood glucose levels are low. When they are needed they break apart and are put back into the blood stream using a process called gluconeogenesis (Gropper,