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1.4.2 Carbohydrate Metabolism Flashcards

1
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What can be the symptoms of galactosemia?

A

Failure of neonates to thrive - vomiting and diarrhea result from ingestion of milk

Can also develop blindness - due to precipitation of byproduct in the lens

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2
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What is lactose intolerance

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3
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Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, and its role in gluconeogenesis, is inhibited by?

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ADP

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4
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Why is gluconeogenesis important?

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Because hours after a meal the blood glucose levels in a person will return to a fasting state, and there needs to be a means of getting glucose to the brain

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5
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Draw an overview map of metabolism

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6
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What reactions occur in the mitochondria matrix?

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Citric acid cycle

Oxidative phosphorylation

Beta-oxidation

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7
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How is glucose an example of a futile cycle?

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Glucose enters a cell and is phosphorylated by hexokinase. The phosphorylation leads to the inability of glucose-6-p molecule to exit the cell. The enzyme G-6-Pase can then dephosphorylate the molecule and it just goes around and around and around

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8
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UDP-galactose-4-epimerase deficiency can result in?

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Similar to the transferase deficiency - treatment is restrict dietary galactose

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9
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What is heriditary fructose intolerance?

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Lack of aldolase B - severe hypoglycemia

Liver failure can result - treat with avoiding fructose

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10
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What are the components of sucrose?

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1-2 linkage between glucose and fructose

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11
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What is the first reaction in the formation of glucose from lactate?

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Lactate to pyruvate

Formation of NADH

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12
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Under anaerobic conditions pyruvate is converted into?

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Lactate

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13
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What are the 3 principle forms of sugar transport?

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Facilitated diffusion

Hormone sensitive transporters

Na coupled transport

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14
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What is this an image of?

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β-D-Fructose

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15
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Can G-6-P inhibit both glucokinase and hexokinase?

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No

It can inhibit hexokinase but not glucokinase

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16
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Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase, and its role in gluconeogenesis, is stimulated and inhibited by?

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Stim - Citrate

Inhibited - F-2,6-BP, AMP, ADP

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17
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How will F-2,6-BP affect gluconeogenesis?

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It will inhibit gluconeogenesis

Inhibits the reaction of F-1,6-BP to F-6-P

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18
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What are the 3 components of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex?

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E1 - decarboxylase

E2 - dihydrolipoyl transacetylase

E3 - dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase

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19
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What is essential fructosuria?

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Lack of fructokinase

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20
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Describe the process of galactose metabolism?

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21
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F-1,6-BP can also act as an allosteric regulator, how?

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F-1,6-BP can also “feed forward” in the reaction to stimulate the conversion of phosphoenolpyruvate to pyruvate.

22
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The GLUT-4 transporter is sensitive to what? What tissues is it found in?

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Sensitive to - insulin

Found - muscle, heart, and adipose tissue

23
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What will inhibit the reaction of phosphoenolpyruvate to pyruvate?

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ATP and alanine

24
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Insulin will inhibit

A

gluconeogenesis

25
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Galactosemia is caused by a lack of one of which two enzymes?

A

galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase

or

galactokinase

26
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How do the Km of hexokinase and glucokinase compare?

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Hexokinase - low Km

Glucokinase - high Km

27
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Hexokinase is found in the muscle while glucokinase is found?

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In the liver

28
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Fructose-1,6-BPase deficiency is what?

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Severely inhibited gluconeogenesis and severe hypoglycemia. May be lethal in newborn

29
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What is the beginning reaction of the pentose phosphate pathway?

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Glucose 6-p to 6-phosphogluconolactone

30
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What is the principle control step in glycolysis?

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Phosphofructokinase

Conversion of F-6-P to F-1,6-BP

31
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Glucokinase is insulin independent or dependent?

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Dependent

32
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What reactions occur in the cytosol?

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Glycolysis

Pentose phosphate pathway

Fatty acid synthesis

Purine biosynthesis

33
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What are the components of lactose?

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1-4 linkage between galactose and glucose

34
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The pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction is what type of reaction?

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Irreversible

35
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What are some inhibitors of the PFK reaction? Why?

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ATP

Citrate

H+ ions

These are indications that the cellular levels of energy are high

36
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What are the controlling mechanisms of glycogen metabolism? (formation)

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Hormonal control

Primarily when levels are normal

37
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Pyruvate carboxylase, used in gluconeogenesis, is stimulated by what? Inhibited by what?

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Stimulated by Acetyl CoA

Inhibited by ADP

38
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What is produced in the pentose phoshate pathway? (2)

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NADPH

Ribose-5-phosphate

39
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What is this an image of?

A

alpha-D-galactose

40
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Describe the process of maltose formation

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A hemiacetal group on one carbon ring interacts with an alcohol group on another ring to produce a glycosidic bond. (loss of water also occurs)

41
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Cortisol will stimulate?

A

Gluconeogenesis

42
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Phosphofructokinase has a second reaction that produces what? And what is the role of that product?

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Produces F-2,6-BP which acts as a potent stimulator for the forward glycolysis reaction

43
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Since the reaction to convert pyruvate to phosphoenolpyruvate is not allowed, how does the cell get past this to generate glucose for gluconeogenesis?

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Conversion of pyruvate to oxaloacetate

Oxaloacetate to phosphoenolpyruvate

44
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What is this an image of?

A

alpha-D-glucose

45
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What are the controlling mechanisms of glycogen metabolism? (breakdown)

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Epinephrine and glucagon

Produce cAMP which will activate a kinase which will stimulate glycogen breakdown

46
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What is the reaction carried out by the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex?

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Pyruvate to acetyl CoA and production of NADH and CO2

47
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What are the 5 cofactors os the Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex?

A

NADH

Thiamin pyrophosphate

lipoic acid

FAD

CoASH

48
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Pyruvate to oxloacetate requires what cofactor?

A

biotin

49
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What is the principle transporter in the liver?

A

GLUT 2

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