Define the alanine shunt and in what disease it is used
The alanine shunt is a process that allows glucose production from protein sources through conversion of the amino acid alanine to pyruvate to glucose in the liver; the glucose produced can then be used in the muscle to generate additional alanine. In glycogen storage disease type III, protein is used as an alternative source of glucose production, via the alanine shunt, since the use of carbohydrates is compromised due to the glycogen debranching enzyme malfunction.
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