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Alanine released from muscle in fasting
Objectives
By the end of this exercise you should be able to:
Explain how muscle glycogen can provide an indirect source of blood glucose in the fasting state
Describe the way in which alanine can act as a substrate for gluconeogenesis in the liver, by undergoing transamination to pyruvate
Describe the way in which muscle glycogen can undergo glycolysis to pyruvate and transamination to alanine, which is exported to the liver