Glucose transporters (GLUT) Animation: Usmle Medical Biochemistry

📌 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦:-   / drgbhanuprakash   📌𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲:- https://t.me/bhanuprakashdr 📌𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗠𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁:- https://linktr.ee/DrGBhanuprakash Glucose Transport All GLUT transporters work via facilitated diffusion GLUT1: most cell types including RBCs and brain GLUT2 (bidirectional): pancreatic β islet cells, liver, renal tubular cells, small intestine Low affinity and high capacity isoform – liver needs to be glycogen/glucose reservoir, but shouldn’t compete with other tissues This should look similar to glucokinase (low affinity or ↑ Km and high capacity or ↑ Vmax) because it has a similar tissue distribution GLUT3: neurons, testes, and the placenta GLUT4: adipose tissue and striated muscle (skeletal and cardiac) Insulin regulates insertion of GLUT4 transporters into cell membrane in response to high glucose levels #glucosetransporters #transportationofglucose #glucosetransport #medicalbiochemistry #carbohydratemetabolism #GLUT #GLUT4 #GLUT2 #GLUT1 #fmge #medicalstudents #neetpg #medicalcollege #mbbslectures #usmleprep #nationalexitexam #nationalexittest #usmlestep1