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What is the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP)?

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Metabolic pathway in which glucose-6-P is oxidized then decarboxylated, generating ribulose-5-P and NADPH

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Where does the PPP occur?

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In the cytoplasm

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What are the important functions of the PPP?

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  1. Reduce 2 molecules of NADP+ to NADPH for each molecule of glucose-6-P that is oxidatively decarboxylated to ribulose-5-P
  2. Produce ribose-5-P from glucose-6-P
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What does NADPH function as?

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A strong reductant (electron donor)

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What is the [NAD+]/[NADH] in liver cells?

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~1000

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What is the [NADP+]/[NADPH] in liver cells?

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0.01

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What are the 2 phases of the PPP?

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  1. Oxidative
  2. Non-oxidative
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Flux through both phases of the PPP is regulated to meet what 3 metabolic states?

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  1. If increased NADPH is required
  2. If nucleotide pools need to be replenished
  3. If ATP levels in the cell are low
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What happens in the PPP if increased NADPH is required?

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Fructose-6-P and glyceraldehyde-3-P are used to resynthesize glucose-6-P, thereby maintaining flux through the oxidative phase

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What happens if nucleotide pools need to be replenished?

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The bulk of ribulose-5-P is converted to ribose-5-P, stimulating nucleotide biosynthesis

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What does the PPP accomplish for the cell? (i.e. what are its functions)

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  • Generate NADPH (needed in lots of pathways and to detox ROS)
  • Produce ribose-5-P for nucleotide synthesis
  • Regenerate glucose-6-P (to maintain NADPH production)
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What is the over all net reaction of the PPP?

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6 Glucose-6-P + 12 NADP+ + 6 H2O –>
4 Fructose-6-P + 2 Glyceraldehyde-3-P + 12 NADPH + 12 H+ + 6 CO2

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What are the key enzymes in the PPP?

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  • G6PD
  • Transketolase and transaldolase
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What is G6PD?

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The enzyme that catalyzes the initial step in the PPP, converts glucose-6-P to 6-phosphogluconolactone
- Commitment step
- Feedback inhibited by NADPH

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What is transketolase?

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The enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of 2-carbon units among sugars in the PPP

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What is transaldolase?

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The enzyme the catalyzes the transfer of 3-carbon units among sugars in the PPP

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What do transketolase and transaldolase do together?

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Catalyze the reversible carbon shuffle reactions of the non-oxidative phase

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What are examples of the PPP in everyday biochemistry?

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G6PD deficiency
- Most common enzyme deficiency in the world
- Affects >400 million people
- 90% decrease in enzyme activity results in inability of RBCs to make enough NADPH to protect the cells from ROS
- ROS generated by antimalarial drugs and compounds in fava beans

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Which reaction(s) in the oxidative phase of the PPP is/are reversible?

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  • Lactonase
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Which reaction(s) in the oxidative phase of the PPP is/are NOT reversible?

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  • G6PD
  • 6PGD (6-Phosphogluconolactonate dehydrogenase)
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Since glucose-6-P is a substrate for glycolysis and the PPP, what controls the overall metabolic flux through these pathways?

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The [NADP+]/[NADPH] in the cytosol
- Acts as a rheostat to regulate G6PD activity

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What is glutathione (GSH)?

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Reduced form is an electron donor in redox reactions

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What are the electrons from GSH used for?

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  • To keep cysteine residues in hemoglobin in a reduced state
  • To reduce ROS and hydroxyl free radicals that damage proteins and lipids via oxidation-induced cleavage reactions
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What is primaquine?

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Antimalarial drug that causes oxidative stress in RBCs, which creates a hostile environment for the malaria parasite
- Leads to acute hemolytic anemia in people with a G6PD deficiency

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What is gluconeogenesis?

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Metabolic pathway used for the production of glucose from noncarbohydrate sources

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How many enzymes do glycolysis and gluconeogenesis share?

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7 enzymes

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Which enzymes are glycolytic-specific?

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  • Hexokinase
  • Phosphofructokinase-1
  • Pyruvate kinase
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What are the carbon sources for gluconeogenesis?

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  • Lactate
  • Amino acids
  • Glycerol
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How do plants get carbon for gluconeogenesis?

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Use the Calvin cycle to convert CO2 to glyceraldehyde-3-P

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What does gluconeogenesis accomplish for the cell?

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  • Liver and kidneys use it to generate glucose from noncarbohydrate sources for export to other tissues that use glucose for energy
  • Plants use it to convert CO2 to glyceraldehyde-3-P
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What is the overall net reaction of gluconeogenesis?

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2 Pyruvate + 2 NADH + 4 ATP + 2 GTP + 6 H2O –> 2 NAD+ + 2 H+ + 4 ADP + 2 GDP + 6 Pi

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What are the key enzymes in gluconeogenesis?

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  • Pyruvate carboxylase
  • Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
  • FBPase-1
  • Glucose-6-phosphotase
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What is pyruvate carboxylase?

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ATP-dependent enzyme that carboxylates pyruvate to generate oxaloacetate
- MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME

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What does pyruvate carboxylase maintain flux through?

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Maintains flux through the citric acid cycle in the presence of acetyl-CoA

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What is phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase?

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Catalyzes a decarboxylation reaction in gluconeogenesis that converts oxaloacetate to phosphoenolpyruvate and CO2

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What is FBPase-1?

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Converts fructose-1,6-BP to fructose-6-P and opposes the PFK-1 in glycolysis

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What is glucose-6-phosphotase?

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Converts glucose-6-P to glucose and opposes the hexokinase/glucokinase reaction in glycolysis

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What are examples of gluconeogenesis in everyday biochemistry?

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Cori cycle
- Short intense exercise –> lactic acid build up in muscle because of anaerobic glycolysis
- Warm down period to increase circulation and remove lactate from muscle
- Lactate goes to liver where it’s converted to glucose and sent back to muscle to replenish glycogen

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What are the 3 bypass reactions in gluconeogenesis?

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  1. Pyruvate carboxylase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (pyruvate kinase)
  2. FBPase-1 (PFK-1)
  3. Glucose-6-phosphotase (hexokinase)
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What happens in the first bypass reaction in gluconeogenesis?

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  • Pyruvate carboxylase uses phosphoryl transfer energy in ATP to drive carboxylation reaction that converts pyruvate to oxaloacetate
  • Oxaloacetate is decarboxylated by phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and converted to phosphoenolpyruvate
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41
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What is biotin?

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Cofactor for pyruvate carboxylase
- Functions as carrier of carboxyl groups in enzymatic reactions

42
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What happens in the second bypass reaction in gluconeogenesis?

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Fructose-1,6-BP is converted to fructose-6-P

43
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What does a low energy charge lead to in terms of gluconeogenesis/glycolysis?

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Low energy charge –> high AMP levels –> activation of PFK-1 (increase flux through glycolysis) and inhibition of FBPase-1 (decrease flux through gluconeogenesis)

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What happens in the third bypass reaction in gluconeogenesis?

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Free glucose is generated that can be exported to blood

45
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Where is glucose-6-phosphotase located?

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ER lumen

46
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Where is hexokinase located?

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Cytosol

47
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What does fructose-2,6-BP do?

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Reciprocally regulates glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
- Increase flux through glycolysis
- Decrease flux through gluconeogenesis

48
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What inhibits pyruvate kinase?

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ATP and alanine (decrease flux through glycolysis)

49
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What stimulates pyruvate carboxylase?

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Acetyl-CoA (increase flux through gluconeogenesis)

50
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What is PFK-2/FBPase-2?

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Dual-function enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of fructose-6-P and fructose-1,6-BP

51
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What are the 2 functional domains of PFK-2/FBPase-2?

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  1. Kinase activity that phosphorylates fructose-6-P into fructose-1,6-BP
  2. Phosphotase activity that dephosphorylates fructose-1,6-BP into fructose-6-P
52
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What is the Cori cycle?

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Mechanism where lactate produced by anaerobic glycolysis in muscle is converted in liver cells to glucose via gluconeogenesis

53
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Where do glycogen degradation and synthesis occur?

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In the cytosol

54
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What is the substrate for glycogen degradation and synthesis?

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Nonreducing (free) ends

55
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What kind of bonds does glycogen have?

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α(1–>4) and α(1–>6)

56
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What are the 4 key enzymes in glycogen degradation and synthesis?

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  1. Glycogen phosphorylase
  2. Glycogen synthase
  3. Glycogen branching enzyme
  4. Glycogen debranching enzyme
57
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What does glycogen phosphorylase do?

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Catalyzes a phosphorolysis reaction using inorganic phosphate to remove glucose from nonreducing ends of glycogen

58
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What reaction does glycogen phosphorylase catalyze?

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Glucose-1-P –> glucose-6-P

59
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What is glucose-6-P used for?

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Glycolysis in muscles or gets dephosphorylated in liver

60
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What is glycogen phosphorylase activity activated by?

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Epinephrine and glucagon signaling

61
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What does glycogen synthase do?

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Adds glucose residues to nonreducing ends of glycogen using UDP-glucose as the substrate

62
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What is glycogen synthase activated by?

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Insulin signaling

63
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What do glycogen branching and debranching enzymes do?

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Mediate formation and cleavage of α(1–>6) glycosidic bonds

64
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What tissues have a lot of glycogen?

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Liver and skeletal muscle

65
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What are glycogen particles?

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Formed by 20-40 glycogen core complexes

66
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What % by weight is liver glycogen?

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~10% by weight

67
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What is liver glycogen for?

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Glucose source for export when there are limited dietary sources (between meals)

68
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What % by weight is muscle glycogen?

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~1-2% by weight

69
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What is muscle glycogen for?

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Used to generate glucose-6-P (chemical energy source in aerobic and anaerobic
glycolysis)

70
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What purpose does glycogen degradation and synthesis serve in animals?

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  • Liver glycogen: short term energy source
  • Muscle glycogen: glucose source during exercise
71
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What is the net reaction of glycogen degradation at nonreducing ends?

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Glycogenn units of glucose + Pi —> Glycogen n-1 units of glucose + Glucose-1-P

72
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What is the net reaction of glycogen synthesis?

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Glycogenn units of glucose + Glucose-1-P + ATP + H2O —> Glycogen n+1 units of glucose + ADP + 2Pi

73
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What is an example of glycogen degradation and synthesis and everyday biochemistry?

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Endurance athletes carbohydrate loading
- Short period of intense exercise followed by ingesting 10g/kg of carbs –> 2x muscle glycogen in 24 hours

74
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What enzyme initiates glycogen degradation?

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Glycogen phosphorylase

75
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What is pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)?

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Coenzyme for glycogen phosphorylase
- Acid-base catalyst that donates proton to Pi

76
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How is PLP bound to glycogen phosphorylase?

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Through a lysine residue

77
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What does it mean when glycogen phosphorylase is processive enzyme?

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Stays attached to glycogen substrate a cleaves α(1–>4) bonds and releases glucose-1-P until it gets too close to α(1–>6) branch point

78
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Glycogen phosphorylase removes glucose until it is how many glucose away from the branch point?

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4 glucose

79
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What are the 2 steps of the debranching enzyme remodeling the substrate?

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  1. Debranching enzyme transfers 3 glucose units to nearest nonreducing end
  2. Bifunctional debranching enzyme cleaves all α(1–>6) bond to release free glucose
80
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How much glucose-1-P vs. glucose does complete glycogen degradation release?

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~90% glucose-1-P and ~10% glucose

81
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What are the 2 conformations of glycogen phosphorylase?

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  • R state (active)
  • T state (inactive)
82
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What reaction does phosphoglucomutase catalyze in glycogen degradation?

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Glucose-1-P –> Glucose-6-P

83
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How does unphosphorylated glycogen phosphorylase shift from T state to R state?

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By binding AMP (allosteric effector)

84
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What shifts unphposphorylated glycogen phosphorylase back to the R state?

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Glucose-6-P (allosteric inhibitor; competes with AMP)

85
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What enzyme initiates glycogen synthesis?

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Phosphoglucomutase

86
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What reaction does phosphoglucomutase catalyze in glycogen synthesis?

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Glucose-6-P –> Glucose-1-P

87
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What does glycogen synthase use as a substrate to catalyze the glycosyltransferase reaction?

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UDP-glucose

88
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What is glycogen synthase activity controlled by?

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  • Inhibited by phosphorylation (shift to T state)
  • Activated by dephosphorylation (shift to R state)
89
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What are the 2 catalytic activities of glycogenin?

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  1. Glycosyltransferase activity: uses UDP-glucose as donor to generate O-linked glycosidic bond between glucose to tyrosine residue
  2. Glycogen synthase activity: extends glycogen chain to 8 glucose residues
90
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What happens when glucose is added to a liver cell extract?

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  • Rapid decrease in glycogen phosphorylase activity
  • Steady increase in glycogen synthase activity
91
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What does low blood glucose lead to?

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Glucagon signaling

92
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What does high blood glucose lead to?

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Insulin signaling

93
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What does protein phosphotase 1 do?

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Dephosphorylates specific protein targets

94
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What stimulates protein phosphotase 1 activity?

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Insuling signaling

95
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What causes von Gierke disease?

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Deficiency in liver glucose-6-phosphotase

96
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What causes Hers disease?

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Defect in liver glycogen phosphorylase

97
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What causes Pompe disease?

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Deficiency in lysosomal α-1,4-glucosidase

98
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What causes McArdle disease?

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Defect in muscle glycogen phosphorylase

99
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What causes Cori disease?

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Defect in liver muscle glycogen debranching enzyme that impacts its ability to fully degrade glycogen molecules

100
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What causes Andersen disease?

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Defect in liver glycogen branching enzyme that results in format of large linear glycogen molecules

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