✅ BIOCHEM - Metabolic Pathways Flashcards
Example of an amphibolic pathway
Krebs
Where does glycolysis occur?
Cytoplasm
Substrate of glycolysis
Glucose
End product of glycolysis
Pyruvate or lactate
Rate limiting step of glycolysis
Fructose 6 phosphate -> fructose 1,6 bisphosphate
Enzyme: PFK-1
What type of glycolysis happens in cells with mitochondria and adequate O2?
Aerobic glycolysis
2 stages of glycolysis
Energy investment and energy generation
3 important steps in glycolysis
Step 1
Step 3
Step 10
NADH generating step in glycolysis
Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate –> 1,3 bisphosphoglycerate
Enzyme: glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase
Which has a lower km and comsequently higher affinity?
Hexokinase or glucokinase?
Hexokinase
Glucokinase is present only in what type of tissues
Liver
Islet cells of pancreas
Hexokinase has a higher Vmax than glucokinase. True or false.
False
Glucokinase has a higher Vmax
Hexokinase is inhibited by
Glucose 6 phosphate
Glucokinase is inhibited by
Fructose 6 phosphate
Glucokinase liver activity is induced by
Insulin
Action of PFK-2
Converts fructose 6 phosphate to fructose 2,6 BP
Inhibitor of PFK-1
ATP and Citrate
Inhibitor of PFK 2
Starved state
Decrease insulin and inc glucagon
2 steps in glycolysis that produce ATP via substrate level phosphorylation
1,3 BPG to 3 PG
Enzyme: phosphoglycerate kinase
PEP to pyruvate
Enzyme: pyruvate kinase
2 outcomes of pyruvate in glycolysis
Can enter the citric acid cycle in aerobic glycolysis
Can be reduced to lactate in anerobic glycolysis
NADH produced in glycolysis cannot pass through thr mitochondrial membrane so it needs what?
Malate aspartate shuttle
Glycerol phosphate shuttle
Malate aspartate shuttle is used in what organs?
Liver kidney heart
Glycerol phosphate shuttle is used in which organs?
Skeletal muscle
Brain
Kinds of metabolic pathways
Anabolic
Catabolic
Amphibolic
NADH in the malate aspartate shuttle will yield how many ATP?
3
NADH in the glycerol phosphate shuttle will yield how many atp?
2
In what part of the cell can u find the ETC?
Inner mitochondrial membrane
What happens to pyruvate in anaerobic glycolysis?
Lactate dehydrogenase uses up NADH and converts pyruvate to lactate.
Anaerobic glycolysis strictly happens in which organs?
Cornea Lens Kidney medulla Wbc Rbc Testes
Enzyme responsible for conversion of 1,3 BPG to 2,3 BPG
Bisphosphoglycerate mutase
The Luebering-Rapoport pathway bypasses what enzyme
Phosphoglycerate kinase
Most common enzyme defect in glycolysis
Pyruvate kinase deficiency
Characteristic peripheral smear of G6PD deficiency
Heinz bodies
Most common precipitating history of G6PD
Infection
Pyruvate is converted to ethanol by
Pyruvate carboxylase (yeasts)
Pyruvate is converted to oxaloacetate by
Pyruvate carboxylase (gluconeogenesis)
What is the mechanism in arsenic poisoning?
Arsenic inhibits pyruvate dehydrogenase by binding to LIPOIC ACID
Pyruvate is converted to acetyl Coa by
Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Coenzymes of pyruvate dehydrogenase
Thiamine pyrophosphate FAD NAD+ Coenzyme A (Pantothenic Acid) Lipoic Acid
Pyruvate kinase deficiency usually manifests clinically as
Chronic hemolytic anemia
Products of conversion of pyruvate to acetyl coa
Acetyl coa
NADH
CO2
Most common cause of congenital lactic acidosis
Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
Pattern of inheritance of pyruvate kinase deficiency
X-linked DOMINANT
Treatment for pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
Ketogenic diet
Rationale for ketogenic diet in pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
Increase lysine and leucine to bypass glycolysis
Mechanism of pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency in chronic alcoholism.
Thiamine deficiency (acquired)
Where does the Kreb’s cycle occur?
Mitochondrial matrix