biochem glycolysis

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a series of 10 enzyme-catalyzed reactions by which glucose is oxidized to two molecules of pyruvate.

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Glycolysis:

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• During glycolysis, there is net conversion of

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2ADP to 2ATP

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phosphorylation of α-D-glucose.

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• reaction 1

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isomerization of glucose 6-phosphate to fructose 6-phosphate

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• reaction 2:

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• This isomerization is most easily seen by considering the open-chain forms of each monosaccharide; it is one keto-enol tautomerism followed by another

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glycolysis- Rexn 2

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cleavage of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate to two triose phosphates

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• reaction 4

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: phosphorylation of fructose 6- phosphate.

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reaction 3

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: isomerization of triose phosphates

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• reaction 5

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• reaction 5 is Catalyzed by

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phosphotriose isomerase

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• Reaction in reaction 5 involves two successive

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keto-enol tautomerizations.

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oxidation of the -CHO group of D- glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate.

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• Reaction 6

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• The product contains a phosphate ester and a high- energy mixed carboxylic-phosphoric anhydride.

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• Reaction 6

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transfer of a phosphate group from 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate to ADP.

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• Reaction 7

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isomerization of 3-phosphoglycerate to 2-phosphoglycerate

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• Reaction 8

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phosphate transfer to ADP

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• Reaction 10

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dehydration of 2-phosphoglycerate

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• Reaction 9:

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is most commonly metabolized in one of three ways, depending on the type of organism and the presence or absence of O2

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• Pyruvate

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In vertebrates under anaerobic conditions, the most important pathway for the regeneration of NAD+

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reduction of pyruvate to lactate

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is a tetrameric isoenzyme consisting of H and M subunits; H4 predominates in heart muscle, M4 in skeletal muscle

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• Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH

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While reduction to lactate allows glycolysis to continue, it ____ the concentration of _______ and also of _______

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increases

lactate

H+ in muscle tissue

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• When blood lactate reaches about________, muscle tissue becomes almost completely exhausted.

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0.4 mg/100 mL

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• Under aerobic conditions, pyruvate undergoes

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oxidative decarboxylation.

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decarboxylation.
* The carboxylate group is converted to

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CO2.

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• The remaining two carbons from the decarboxylation are converted to the

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• The remaining two carbons are converted to the

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• Glycerol enters glycolysis via

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dihydroxyacetone phosphate.

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are a highly reduced form of carbon.

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• Hydrocarbon chains

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a series of five enzyme-catalyzed reactions that cleaves carbon atoms two at a time from the carboxyl end of a fatty acid.

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• β-Oxidation

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the fatty acid is activated by conversion to an acyl CoA; activation is equivalent to the hydrolysis of two high-energy phosphate anhydrides.

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• Reaction 1:

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oxidation of the α,β carbon-carbon single bond to a carbon-carbon double bond

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• Reaction 2:

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hydration of the C=C double bond to give a 2° alcohol.

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Reaction 3

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oxidation of the 2°alcohol to a ketone.

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• Reaction 4:

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cleavage of the carbon chain by a molecule of CoA-SH.

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• Reaction 5

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• This cycle of reactions is then repeated on the shortened fatty acyl chain and continues until the entire fatty acid chain is degraded to

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acetyl CoA

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• β-Oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids proceeds in the same way, with an extra step that

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isomerizes the cis double bond to a trans double bond

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: acetone, β-hydroxybutyrate, and acetoacetate;

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• Ketone bodies

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• are formed principally in liver mitochondria

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• Ketone bodies

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• Formation occurs when the amount of acetyl CoA produced is excessive compared to the amount of oxaloacetate available to react with it and take it into the TCA

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• Ketone bodies:

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NH2 groups move freely by

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transamination

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• Pyridoxal phosphate forms an

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imine

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• Rearrangement of the imine gives an

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isomeric imine

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• Hydrolysis of the isomeric imine gives an

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α-ketoacid and pyridoxamine

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• nitrogens to be excreted are collected in

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glutamate,

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• nitrogens to be excreted are collected in glutamate,
  which is oxidized to

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α-ketoglutarate and NH +

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a cyclic pathway that produces urea from CO2 and NH +.

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Urea cycle

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• The breakdown of amino acid carbon skeletons follows two pathways

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• glucogenic amino acids
• ketogenic amino acids

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: those whose carbon skeletons are degraded to pyruvate or oxaloacetate, both of which may then be converted to glucose by gluconeogenesis.

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• glucogenic amino acids:

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those whose carbon skeletons are degraded to acetyl CoA or acetoacetyl CoA, both of which may then be converted to ketone bodies

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• ketogenic amino acids

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• When red blood cells are destroyed

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• heme is converted to bilirubin.
• bilirubin enters the liver via the bloodstream and is then transferred to the gallbladder where it is stored in the bile and finally excreted in the feces.