Carbohydrate metabolism

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Carbohydrate metabolism denotes the various biochemical processes responsible for the formation, breakdown and interconversion of carbohydrates in living organisms. It includes:

* Carbon fixation, whereby CO2 is reduced to carbohydrate.
* Glycolysis \- the breakdown of the glucose molecule in order to obtain ATP
* the Pentose phosphate pathway, which acts in the conversion of hexoses into pentoses and in NADPH regeneration.
* Glycogenesis[1] \- the conversion of excess glucose into glycogen in order to prevent excessive osmotic pressure buildup inside the cell
* Glycogenolysis - the breakdown of glycogen into glucose, in order to provide a steady level of glucose supply for glucose-dependent tissues.
* Gluconeogenesis \- de novo synthesis of glucose molecules from simple organic compounds

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Wikipedia has an article about Glycogenesis.