citric acid cycle Flashcards
TCA cycle - a biochemical hub of the intermediary metabolism:
- oxdizing carbons fuels for harvesting:
- it is ____ (e.g. catabolism and anabolism)
- source of precursors for
- takes place inside ____
- high energy electrons
- amphibolic
- biosynthesis
- mitochondria
other names of TCA cycle
Tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA)
citric acid cycle
krebs cycle
precursor stage 1 of TCA
fats, polysaccharides, and proteins are reduced to fatty acids and glycerol, glucose and other sugars, and amino acids
precursor stage 2 of TCA
fatty acids and glycerols, glucose and other sugars, and amino acids are all converted to Acetyl CoA (common currency)
1 mol of NADH =
2.5 moles ATP
1 mol of FADH2 =
1.5 moles ATP
1 mol of GTP =
1 mol ATP
TCA cycle overview: oxidation of 2-carbon units to produce:
2 CO2 molecules
1 GTP
High energy electrons (3 NADH and 1 FADH2)
how is glucose converted into acetyl CoA?
glucose (6C) –oxidation–> 2 pryuvate (3C) –decarboxylation–> 2 Acetyl CoA (2C)
how are lipids converted into acetyl CoA?
TAG –> fatty acids –betaoxidation–> acetyl CoA (2C)
how are proteins converted to Acetyl CoA?
breakdown into various amino acids –> acetyl CoA
how is pyruvate converted to acetyl CoA?
- decarboxylation
- oxidation
- transfer acetyl group to CoA (by coupling with NAD+ –> NADH rxn)
aerobic glycolysis coupled with oxidative phosphorylation:
- pyruvate must enter:
- pyruvate utilizes:
- ______ catalyzes the decarboxylation of pyruvate
- the mitochondira
- mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC)
- pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) or (PDH)
pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction:
- requires 3 enzymes:
- requires 5 coenzymes: catalytic cofactors and stoichiometric cofactors
- E1 (TPP), E2(Lipoic acid), E3(FAD)
2.
catalytic cofactors:
- thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP/Vitamin B1)
- lipoic acid
- FAD
stoichiometric cofactor:
- CoA
- NAD+
phosphorylated version of PDC/PDH is
inactive
dephosphorylated version of PDC/PDH is
active
overall reaction of pyruvate –> Acetyl CoA
pyruvate + NAD+ + CoA → Acetyl CoA + CO2 + NADH + H+
high [aceytl CoA] directly inhibits
E2
accumulation of ADP and pyruvate activates phosphatases which dephosphorylates ____
PDH/PDC (making it active)
increased levels of acetyl CoA will inhibit
PDH/PDC
the TCA cycle occurs under
aerobic conditions and procuces more energy from glucose than glycolysis