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Can glucose-6-phosphate enter human cells? - (Apr/16/2019 )

Can glucose-6-phosphate enter cells?

Which cells and how?

Thanks!

-electros-

Can you provide more information what you want?

-Stephbaker-

Free glucose is transported out of the endoplasmic reticulum via GLUT7 and released into the bloodstream via GLUT2 for uptake by other cells. Muscle cells lack this enzyme, so myofibers use glucose 6-phosphate in their own metabolic pathways such as glycolysis.

-chelseaclark-