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Glycogen Synthetase Activity in Blood Platelets

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LELOIR et al.1–3 found the key enzyme in glycogen synthesis to be UDP glucose : α1-4 glucan-4-glucosyl transferase (E.C. 2.4.1.11), also called glycogen synthetase. The enzyme has been extensively studied in liver1–3 and muscle4,5, and has been identified in blood leucocytes6.

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  1. Laboratoire d'Hémostase, Institut de Recherches sur les Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France, and Laboratoire de Chimie Physiologique, Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium

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VAINER, H., WATTIAUX, R. Glycogen Synthetase Activity in Blood Platelets. Nature 217, 951–952 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217951a0

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