Comparative structural analyses of purified glycogen particles from rat liver, human skeletal muscle and commercial preparations Ryu, Je-Hoon, Drain, Jace, Kim, Jung Hwan, McGee, Sean L., Gray-Weale, Angus, Waddington, Lynne, Parker, Glendon J., Hargreaves, Mark, Yoo, Sang-Ho and Stapleton, David 2009, Comparative structural analyses of purified glycogen particles from rat liver, human skeletal muscle and commercial preparations, International journal of biological macromolecules, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 478-482, doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2009.08.006. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Comparative structural analyses of purified glycogen particles from rat liver, human skeletal muscle and commercial preparations Author(s) Ryu, Je-Hoon Drain, Jace Kim, Jung Hwan McGee, Sean L. orcid.org/0000-0001-6953-106X Gray-Weale, Angus Waddington, Lynne Parker, Glendon J. Hargreaves, Mark Yoo, Sang-Ho Stapleton, David Journal name International journal of biological macromolecules Volume number 45 Issue number 5 Start page 478 End page 482 Total pages 5 Publisher Elsevier BV Place of publication Amsterdam, Netherlands Publication date 2009-12-01 ISSN 0141-8130 1879-0003 Summary Glycogen is a cellular energy store that is crucial for whole body energy metabolism, metabolic regulation and exercise performance. To understand glycogen structure we have purified glycogen particles from rat liver and human skeletal muscle tissues and compared their biophysical properties with those found in commercial glycogen preparations. Ultrastructural analysis of commercial liver glycogens fails to reveal the classical α-rosette structure but small irregularly shaped particles. In contrast, commercial slipper limpet glycogen consists of β-particles with similar branching and chain lengths to purified rat liver glycogen together with a tendency to form small α-particles, and suggest it should be used as a source of glycogen for all future studies requiring a substitute for mammalian liver glycogen. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2009.08.006 Field of Research 060112 Structural Biology (incl Macromolecular Modelling) Socio Economic Objective 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Elsevier B.V. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30025034 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Medicine Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 12 Mar 2010, 11:54:38 EST Fri, 12 Mar 2010, 12:45:43 EST Fri, 19 Mar 2010, 11:19:51 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 14:51:40 EST Thu, 10 Jul 2014, 10:48:50 EST Thu, 10 Jul 2014, 10:49:41 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 14:10:43 EST Wed, 01 Oct 2014, 15:25:58 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 65 times in TR Web of Science Cited 72 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1118 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 12 Mar 2010, 11:54:33 EST by Sean McGee