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June 19, 2026BiomoleculesOpen Access

Glycogen and Glycosylation: Friends or Foes?

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RKRohit Sai Reddy KonadaJOJames OsbornSMSharmistha Mitra

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Overview

Review reveals the connection between glycosylation and glycogen metabolism in metabolic diseases, suggesting new therapies.

Key Points

  • This review examines the interrelation between glycogen and glycosylation in health and inherited metabolic diseases.
  • Review of recent literature linking glycosylation defects to glycogen metabolism.
  • Discussion of overlapping symptoms in congenital disorders of glycosylation and glycogen storage diseases.
  • Evaluation of therapeutic strategies such as monosaccharide supplementation and gene therapy.
  • Identified a mechanistic link between glycosylation defects and glycogen metabolism.
  • Highlighted overlapping disease symptoms between glycosylation defects and glycogen storage diseases.
  • Presented insights into the role of ubiquitin ligase complexes in glycogen regulation.

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Konada et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a34de9d65a5b0777af2deedhttps://doi.org/10.3390/biom16060885
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