Metabolic regulation (Ch. 15)1. The Vmax of the enzyme glycogen phosphorylase from skeletal muscle is much greater than theVmax of the same enzyme from liver tissue.(a) What is the physiological function of glycogen phosphorylase in skeletal muscle? In livertissue?(b) Why does the Vmax of the muscle enzyme need to be larger than that of the liver enzyme?

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