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how is excess glucose stored?

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as Glycogen

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where are glycogen granules?

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in the liver and skeletal muscle

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How much of liver content is glycogen in a well-fed state?

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8%

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What is glycogen synthesis catalysed by?

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Glycogen synthase and a branching enzyme

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What are the three parts of Glycogen synthesis?

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  1. Glucose 6 phosphate
  2. UDP-Glucose synthesised from G1P
  3. Glycogen synthesis catalysed by Glycogen synthase and a branching enzyme
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What are the two parts of Glycogen Degradation?

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  1. Catalysed by glycogen phosphorylase and debrancher enzyme.
  2. Glucose 6 Phosphate in liver generates free glucose from glucose 6-phosphate.
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How much ATP is used to create glycogen?

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2

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What are the three steps of glycogen sythesis?

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Phosphoglucomutase transforms G6P –> G1P

G1P reacts with Uridine-5’-triphosphate

Addition of UDP onto glycogen chains

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what is the Delta G of Glycogen Synthesis?

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-33.4 KJ/mol

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What are the three steps of glycogen degradation (glyconeolysis)

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Glycogen phosphorylase cleaves off a glucose molecule one at time

Conserves energy of the glycosidic bond by adding Phosphate to form Glucose 1-P

G1P converted to G6P using phosphoglucomutase and G6P

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What enzyme is used to convert G1P into G6P?

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Phoosphoglucomutase

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What enzyme is used to convert G6P into G1P?

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Phosphoglucomutase

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How is glucose levels mechanistically regulated?

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via the phosphorylation of glycogen synthase and glycogen phosphorylase

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What is the role of liver with glycogen?

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Makes glycogen after carbohydrate meal and degrades it during fasting.

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What do skeletal muscles do with Glycogen?

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Skeletal muscles: synthesis glycogen at rest and degrade it during exercise

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How does Skeletal muscle metabolise glucose-6-phosphate if it has no glucose-6-phosphatase?

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via glycolysis

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What does PP reduce for each G6P oxidatively decarbonised?

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two molecules of NADPH from NADP+

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What does PPP produce?

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ribose-5-phosphate

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what is NADPH?

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primary reductant in the cell

critical for mainatining reduced glutathione levels in cells

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What is NAD+

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primary oxidant

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What is generated in the oxidative phase of PPP and why?

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NADPH for biosynthetic pathways and detoxification of reactive O species

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What occurs in the non-oxidative phases of PPP and why?

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Interconverts C3-7 monosaccharides to produce ribose-5P for nucleotide synthesis.

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What is the net reaction of PPP and its equation?

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to generate maximum amount of NADPH

G6P + 2NADP+ –> Ribose-5-P + 2 NADPH2 + Co2

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What are the three reactions of PPP?

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G6P oxidised to produce 6-phospho-glucono-delta-lactone and reduces NADP+ –> NADPH2

Hydration reaction: addition of water: 6-phosphogluconolactonase forms 6-Phosphogluconate

6-phosphategluconate dehydrogenase: 6-phosphgluconate is decarboxylated (loses CO2) and reduces NADP+ –> NADPH2 to form ribose-5-P

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in-terms of regulating PPP, what does Insulin promote?
G6P dehydrogenase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase activity
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What is G6P dehydrogenas inhibited by?
high [NADPH]:[NADP+] ratio
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What diseases are ROS associated wth?
atherosclerosis, diabetes, cancer, neurodegeneration and aging 
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How does NADPh protect cells from oxidative damage?
by maintaining reduced glutathione
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what is glutathione?
Tripeptide with glutamate, Cycteine and glycine.
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What is the functional group of glutathione?
cystenine
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What are the two main reasons our livers undergo gluconeogenesis?
To maintain blood glucose and provide glucose from non-carbohydrate precursors To use other biosynthetic precursors so that cells can make ribose.
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what are other carbon sources?
amino acids, glycerol (from fats) and lactate
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simply, how does gluconeogenesis differ from glycolysis?
Are opposing pathways NOT the reverse of glycolysis 3 kinase catalysed reactions" Hexokinase, PFK1 and Pyruvate Kinase Replaced by 4 gluconeogenic enzymes
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Where does gluconeogenesis occur?
liver and the proximal convoluted tubules of the kidney
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Why does gluconeogenesis occur?
If blood glucose levels are low (hypoglycaemia) and for brain function
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Why does gluconeogenesis require different enzymes than glycolysis?
because some steps of glycolysis are irreversible so it needs to use different processes.
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What does pyruvate do first to begin glconeogenesis?
Enters the mitochondria, joins the TCA cycle and is converted into OAA
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What enzyme concerts Acetylate into OAA?
pyruvate carboxylase
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Why is OAA converted into malate in gluconeogenesis?
because OAA cant get out of the mitochondrial membrane but Malate can.
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What enzyme converts OAA into PEP? And what does this enzyme do?
PEPCK removes CO2 and adds a P
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What enzyme allows f1,6BP to be converted into G6P? What does it do?
Fructose 1,6 Bisphosphoatase Removes P from 1C
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Where does G6P go to become glucose?
SER
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Is more glycogen storage more in liver or muscles?
muscles= 1% but is 400g
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which one is a 1 enzyme pathway?
glycogenolysis (breakdown)
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what enzyme does glycogenolysis have?
glycogen phosphorylase
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what occurs in glycogenolysis?
cosnevres enegy of glycosidic bonds: adds phosphate to G-1-P then convers it to G6P
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what does Insulin turn on?
Glycogen synthase using protein phosphatase in which it removes P to make glycogen
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What does insulin turn off?
Glycogen phosphorylase - via inhibition of protein phosphatase.
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what is NADPH critical for?
getting rid of Reactive oxygen species by maintaining reduced glutathione
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What is the NADPH from PPP used for?
Fatty acid synthesis, glutathione reduction and other reactions (detoxification)
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Are the three reactions of PPP irreversible or reversible?
irreversible
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what are some examples of ROS?
Oxyegn, superoxide anion, peroxide, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radical and hydroxyl ion
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how are ROC's created?
electrons escape from the ECT and bind to O.
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What is the purpose of the Cori cycle?
mechnaism that converts lactate (produced via anaerobic glycolysis) to glucose using gluconeogenic pathway
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What is the cost of the Cori Cycle?
4 ATP equivalents
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Where is the NADH2 used in the ETC from?
produced in the mitochondrial matrix by the bridging reaction and TCA cycle.

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