26.

If the hydrolysis of pyrophosphate and recycling of UTP is included, a balanced equation for the sum of the six reactions involved in the addition of a glucose residue onto glycogen is

glucose + xATP + glycogen + H2O -> glycogen+1 + xADP + xPi.

What is the numeric value of x?

• a. 0.
• b. 1.
• c. 2.
• d. 3.
• e. 4.