Glycogen synthase

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Glycogen synthase (UDP-glucose-glycogen glucosyltransferase) converts glucose to glycogen. It takes short polymers of glucose and converts them into long polymers one by one into a polymeric chain for storage as glycogen.

Chemical equation

MWC model (Monod-Wyman-Changeux model) is used to model the reaction mechanism of this enzyme.

 UDPG + Glucose \rightarrow UDP + Glycogen