Citric Acid Cycle Flashcards

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What is the TCA cycle?

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Oxidizes carbon fuels for harvesting high energy electrons, amphibolic, and occurs inside mitochondria

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Broad overview of TCA?

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Step 1: degradation of energy nutrients
Step 2: Acetyl CoA pool
Step 3: Acetyl CoA entry into TCA

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1 NADH= ___ ATP

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2.5

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1 FADH= ____ ATP

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1.5

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1 GTP=____ATP

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1

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Where can Acetyl CoA be obtained from?

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Carbs, Lipids, and Proteins

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What 3 steps occur to get Acetyl CoA from pyruvate?

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Decarboxylation
Oxidation
Transfer acetyl group to CoA also get NADH in the process

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How does pyruvate enter the mitochondria and what happens to it?

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Through mitochondrial pyruvate carrier and from there PDC catalyzes the decarboxylation of pyruvate

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What is requried for pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction?

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Three Enzymes: E1,E2, E3

5 Coenzymes: TPP, Lipoic acid, FAD, CoA, NAD+

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What regulates Pyruvate dehydrogenase?

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Allosteric interactions and reverse phosphorylation

High Acetlyl CoA also directly inhibits E2 and ADP and pyruvate activate phosphatases to activate PDC

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How does the citric acid cycle occur?

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Under aerobic conditions in the mitochondria and makes more energy from glucose than glycolysis

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What is the first step of Krebbs?

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Oxaloacetate reacts with acetyl CoA and water to give citrate and CoA. It is catalyzed by citrate synthase

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What occurs after Citrate is formed?

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(2) Citrate is converted to isocitrate by Aconitase which uses an iron sulfur cluster to bind citrate

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What occurs after Isocitrate is formed?

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(3) Isocitrate is converted to a-ketogluterate by Isocitrate dehydrogenase This is the RLS*** also prodduces NADH

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What is the RLS of Krebbs?

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Isocitrate to a-ketogluterate by Isocitrate dehydrogenase

It is the first of four redox reactions to occur (produces NADH)

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What occurs after a-ketogluterate is formed?

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(4)a-ketoglutarate is converted to succinyl CoA by the a-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex and generates NADH

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What is significant about succinyl CoA?

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It has a high energy thioester bond when it is hydrolyzed it directly yields a high energy phospho transfer compound such as GTP or ATP

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What occurs after Succinyl CoA is formed?

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(5) Succinly CoA is converted to Succinate via Succinyl CoA synthetase and yields GTP(in liver) (ATP in heart and skeletal mm)

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What occurs after Succinate is formed?

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(6) Succinate is converted to Fumarate via succinate dehydrogenase it yields FADH2

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What occurs after Fumarate is formed?

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(7) Fumarate is converted to L-Malate via Fumarase

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What is significant about succinate dehydrogenase?

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It is located in the inner mitochondrial membrane and directly associated with ETC complex II.

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What occurs after Malate is formed?

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(8) Malate is converted to OAA via Malate Dehydrogenase which produces NADH

23
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What is the significance of malate dehydrogenase?

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It is the final step and oxidation of malate has positive standard free energy and reactions are driven by use of products OAA-citrate synthase and NADH-ETC

24
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What inhibits PDH complex E3?

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NADH (high energy charge inhibits, and low energy charge stimulates)

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In TCA what can stimulate phosphatases to activate PDH?
Calcium, insulin(stimulates fatty acid synthesis for pyruvate to Acetyl CoA),
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Calcium, Mg, ADP, NAD, CoA, Pyruvate, and Insuline ____ PDC activity.
Activate
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Acetyl CoA,NADH, ATP, Arsenite ____ PDC activity.
Inhibit
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What prevents wasteful hydrolysis of acetly CoA?
Citrate Synthase, 1st control site
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What is the second control site in TCA?
Isocitrate dehydrogenase, it is allosterically stimulated by ADP enhancing the enzyme affinity for substrate and produces NADH which inhibits by displacing NAD+
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Thrid control site in TCA?
A-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, Allosterically inhibited by its products succinyl CoA and NADH
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How can the three checkpoints regualte other metabolic pathways?
Control at Isocit. dehydro. can lead to build up of citrate which inhibits PFK and stops glycolysis a-ketoglut. that build up from enzyme inhibition can be used for synthesis of amino acids and purine bases
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How many carbon units are oxidized in TCA?
2