What does the term 'glycogen mobilisation' mean? I read that glycogen is a mobilised store of glucose: > Glycogen is a readily mobilized storage form of glucose. It is a very large, branched polymer of glucose residues (Figure 21.1) that can be broken down to yield glucose molecules when energy is needed. Most of the glucose residues in glycogen are linked by α-1,4-glycosidic bonds. [Source] When looking online, mobilisation refers to something that is capable of movement. I think glycogen mobilisation has something to do with glycogenolysis but not sure how to easily define glycogen mobilisation. How would you define glycogen mobilisation in the easiest definition?

I think the key to understanding _mobilization_ in this context is in the second sentence:

> [Glycogen] can be broken down to yield glucose molecules **when energy is needed**.

The authors are using _mobilize_ in a figurative sense to suggest that glycogen can be quickly and efficiently metabolized to suit the energy needs of the body, like an army may be _mobilized_ to fight a war. See definition #2 on Wiktionary:

> **mobilize** (verb)
> 2\. ( _transitive_ ) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.