The glucose-alanine cycle is a part of gluconeogenesis, in which skeletal muscle converts the glycolysis product pyruvate into alanine, transports it into the liver, where it is converted back into pyruvate, participating in gluconeogenesis, and ending up as glucose.

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Figure 1. Glucose-alanine cycle

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