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. 1977 May 1;163(2):193–200. doi: 10.1042/bj1630193

The influence of lysosomes on glycogen metabolism.

R Geddes, G C Stratton
PMCID: PMC1164684  PMID: 869922

Abstract

Lysosome-rich fractions were isolated from rat liver homogenates. In some fractions the lysosomes were separated from the contaminating mitchondria by the use of discontinuous Ficoll/sucrose gradients. Some glycogen was associated with lysosome fractions. This glycogen was of very large molecular size and of a quite different molecular-weight distribution from that isolated from the cytosol. It is suggested that appreciably more than 10% of cellular glycogen is located within the lysosome.

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