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Why does it go into fat cells?
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Because maybe you ate more glucose than you needed immediately
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and so it goes into cells that can store glucose.
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That's what fat cells do,
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they convert glucose into a form for storage.
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Well, how does glucose uptake get enhanced in those cells?
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It gets enhanced because
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when insulin binds to the insulin receptor,
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it activates the receptor.
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How does it activate it?
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It generates a kinase activity
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which leads to phosphorylation of the protein.