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. 2023 Nov 21;24(23):16558. doi: 10.3390/ijms242316558

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Glycogenolysis is the metabolic process by which cellular stores of glycogen are broken down into glucose. Glycogenesis is the opposite process, by which glucose is polymerized into glycogen. Both glycogenolysis and glycogenesis are mediated by critical enzymes, as shown.