6 Part I: Principles
Figure 1.1.Degradation of glycogen and starch. -Amylase (EC 3.2.1.1), Hexokinase (EC 2.7.1.1), Glucose-6-
phosphate isomerase (EC 5.3.1.9), 6-Phosphofructokinase (EC 2.7.1.11), Fructose bisphosphate aldolase (EC
4.1.2.13), Triose phosphate isomerase (EC 5.3.1.1), L-lactic dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.27), Pyruvate dehydrogenase
(NADP) (EC 1.2.1.51), Alcohol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.1), Xylose isomerase (EC 5.3.15). [Eskin 1990, Lowrie
1992, Huff-Lonergan and Lonergan 1999, Cadwallader 2000, Gopakumar 2000, Simpson 2000, Greaser 2001,
IUBMB-NC website (www.iumb.org)]