What properties of glucokinase allow it to phosphorylate glucose in the liver when the blood glucose concentration is higher than normal?

Please explain gluconeogenesis. What is it? Where does it occur and why?

64 An investigator is studying the mechanism of action of an insulin-sensitizing drug. The addition of the drug to cultured mouse hepatocytes is observed, and results show increased phosphorylation and inhibition of acetyl-CoA carboxylase Which of the following processes is most likely inhibited by this action of the drug? A) Fatty acid oxidation B) Fatty acid synthesis C) Glycogen synthesis D) Glycolysis E) Protein synthesis

Glucose 6-phosphatase deficiency is a glycogen storage disease referred to as von Gierke disease. Which of the following symptoms would you NOT expect to see in patients with this disease? (A) severe fasting hypoglycemia (B) excess adipose triglyceride storage and low circulating levels of fatty acids (C) hyperammonemia (D) liver enlargement resulting from excess liver glycogen storage (E) lactic acidosis (F) gout