GLUT4 Glucose uptake
GLUT4 glucose uptake
Insulin and muscle contraction can move GLUT4 transporters to the surface of muscle and adipose cells.
Overview
EXPLORE BY LEVELA glucose transporter that insulin and muscle activity can move to the surface of muscle and fat cells. is a A simple sugar cells can use as a source of energy and as a starting material for other molecules. A protein that helps a particular molecule cross a cell membrane. stored in small cell vesicles. Signals can move these vesicles to the cell surface, where A simple sugar cells can use as a source of energy and as a starting material for other molecules. can enter.
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Research Claims
Reactome models known events in SLC2A4 translocation but notes that parts of the pathway remain unresolved; muscle contraction can also stimulate GLUT4 movement.