Description
Product Characteristics:
Glycogen synthase catalyzes the rate-limiting step in glycogen synthesis. Its activity is regulated by a complex phosphorylation-dephosphorylation mechanism and by allosteric stimulators and inhibitors. Two isozymes of synthase, a skeletal muscle type (Glycogen synthase 1 - GYS1) and a liver type (Glycogen synthase 2 - GYS2), have been identified.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm
Synonyms: Glycogen starch synthase liver, Glycogen starch synthase liver, EC 2.4.1.11, Glycogen synthase 2 liver, GYS2, GYS2_HUMAN.
Target Information: The protein encoded by this gene, liver glycogen synthase, catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the synthesis of glycogen - the transfer of a glucose molecule from UDP-glucose to a terminal branch of the glycogen molecule. Mutations in this gene cause glycogen storage disease type 0 (GSD-0) - a rare type of early childhood fasting hypoglycemia with decreased liver glycogen content. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2009]