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Carbohydrate metabolism is the core of intermediary metabolism, providing a large part of the energy requirements of the organism, short-term storage of energy in the form of glycogen, and carbon skeletons for biosynthesis. Amino acids and lipids feed into the pathways of carbohydrate metabolism and the citric (tricarboxylic) acid cycle. The following material is a concentrated essence of carbohydrate metabolism organized to show the pathways and their regulation. Important structures are given at the end of the chapter.
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Hurst, R.E. (1987). Carbohydrates. In: Briggs, T., Chandler, A.M. (eds) Biochemistry. Oklahoma Notes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0294-0_4
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