Glucose 1,6-bisphosphate is a derivative of

glucose 1-phosphate Glucose 1-phosphate (also called Cori ester) is a glucose molecule with a phosphate group on the 1'-carbon. It can exist in either the α- or β- anomeric form. Reactions of α-glucose 1-phosphate Catabolic In glycogenolysis, it is the direct p ...

. In the

glycogenesis Glycogenesis is the process of glycogen synthesis or the process of converting glucose into glycogen in which glucose molecules are added to chains of glycogen for storage. This process is activated during rest periods following the Cori cycl ...

metabolic pathway, glucose 1,6-bisphosphate is an intermediate in the conversion of

glucose 6-phosphate Glucose 6-phosphate (G6P, sometimes called the Robison ester) is a glucose sugar phosphorylated at the hydroxy group on carbon 6. This dianion is very common in cells as the majority of glucose entering a cell will become phosphorylated in this w ...

into

by the enzyme glucose-1,6-bisphosphate synthase.

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Monosaccharide derivatives Organophosphates {{Carbohydrate-stub