MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is the connection between glycogen and mitochondria? Glycogen is a storage polysaccharide in liver and muscle cells. When energy is needed, glucose units are hydrolyzed from glycogen. Glycolysis in the cytosol breaks down glucose to two pyruvate molecules, which are transported into the mitochondrion.

Detailed explanation-2: -Glycogenolysis is the biochemical pathway in which glycogen breaks down into glucose-1-phosphate and glucose. The reaction takes place in the hepatocytes and the myocytes. The process is under the regulation of two key enzymes: phosphorylase kinase and glycogen phosphorylase.