In adipocytes, insulin binding to its receptor triggers Akt phosphorylation, which moves glucose transporters to the cell surface for glucose uptake.

“one of the critical things that happens when insulin binds to the receptor of the cells is the phosphorylation of something called a KT and when a KT is phosphorylated it essentially helps something called the glue for transporter inside of the cell to essentially go to the surface of the cell and it's almost like the metaphorical straw that gets stuck out of the cell and it's bringing glucose in”