nahG gene encodes the enzyme salicylate hydroxylase, which converts SA to catechol and thus dramatically reduces SA levels.

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Glucagon lowers the cellular level of fructose 2,6 bisphosphate, inhibiting glycolysis and stimulating gluconeogenesis.

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Accumulation of alanine, which can be synthesized from pyruvate in one step, allosterically inhibits pyruvate kinase, slowing the production of pyruvate by glycolysis

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The liver PK isozyme (L form) is regulated by glucagon

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Pyruvate Carboxylase

a mitochondrial enzyme that requires the coenzyme biotin, converts the pyruvate to oxaloacetate

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The oxaloacetate is converted to PEP by phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase. This Mg2+ dependent reaction requires GTP as the phosphoryl group donor.

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Transketolase requires the cofactor thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP)