Gluconeogenesis Flashcards
gluconeogenesis is the biosynthesis of new
glucose
where does gluconeogenesis occur
mostly liver
a little bit kidney
when is kidney involved in gluconeogenesis
after llong starvartion, more than 48 hours
what provides the liver energy to fuel gluconeogenesis
ß oxidation of fatty acids
the high rate of a.a. metabolism in liver generates
urea
what happens to the urea the liver generates
mvoes to kidney for excretion
draw out the chart of effects of gluconeogenesis
pg 3
the _____ realeased from adipose tissue is used by the liver for gluconeogenesis
glycerol
skeletal mucsle does not have what enzyme
glucose 6 phosphatase
because skeletal muscle does not have glucose 6 phosphatase, what does it do with gluconeogenesis
it cannot deliver free glucose to blood, so it just does gluconeogenesis to generate glucose for storage as glycogen
draw out gluconeogenesis
pg 4
name three starter compounds for gluconeogensis
lactate
glycerol
alanine
lactate and alanine are turned into what to be used for gluconeogenesis
pyruvate
how is lactate turned into pyruvate
oxidized
how is alanine turned into pyruvate
transaminated
pyruvate is converted to what to be used for gluconegoenesis
oxaloacetate
oxaloacetate is converted to what to be used for gluconegenesis
phosphoenol pyruvate
what sugars can be used as precurser for gluconeogenesis
pyruvate
lactate
oxaloacetate
what protein can be used as precurser for gluconeogenesis
alanine - can be converted to TCA intermediates
animals cannot produce glucose from
fatty acids
what catalyses pyuvate → oxaloacetate
pyruvate carboxylase
what is needed in the reaction of converting pyruvate to oxaloacetate
ATP
biotin
what catalyzes the reaction of oxaloacetate to phosphoenolpyruvate
PEP carboxylase
inhibition of what is essential when turning pyruvate into oxaloacetate
pyruvate dehydrogenase
biotin helps trap
HCO3-
biotin trapping HCO3- is helpful for what kind of reactions
carboxylation
how is biotin attached to pyruvate carboxylase
amide bond to lysine residue
where does pyruvate → oxaloacetate occur
in mitochondria
deficiencies of biotin affect mainly
fatty acid biosynthesis
the first gluconeogenic step stravels through
mitochondria
oxaloacetate can be converted to what in mitochondria and what does this allow?
malate
malate can travel through the mitochondria into cytosol for gluconeogenesis
besides malate what else can travel through mitochondria
PEP
besides turning into malate what else can oxaloacetate turn into
PEP
draw out the two pathways for oxaloacetate turning into malate & PEP
pg 10
ethanol inhibits
gluconeogenesis
how does ethanol inhibit gluconeogenesis
alters NAD+/NADH ratio
alcohol consumption results in high levels of
NADH/NAD+
with high levels of NADH/NAD+ what happens to pyruvate
reduced to lactate
what is final result of ethanol making high NADH/NAD+ ratio
lactic acidosis
high acetyl CoA reflects high
energy charge
acetyl CoA can allosterically activate
pyruvate carboxylase
acetyl CoA promotes
gluconeogesnsis
not only does Acetyl CoA activate pyruvate carboxylse, it inhibits
PDH
what inhibits PDH
Acetyl CoA
Acety CoA is produced by
ß oxidation
basically if there is high Acetyl CoA it is a signal that
cell has enough energy to fuel gluconeognesis
what two functions arise in starving state
urea synthesis
ketogenesis
(pg 12)
draw out acetyl coA affect on gluconeogenesis (on oxaloacetate and pyruvate)
pg 13
what does PDH stand for
pyruvate dehydrogenase
what inhibits PDH
ATP
NADH
Actyl CoA
absolute control of glucose oxidation is mediated by availability of what
NAD+
when is NADH converted back to NAD+
ox phos
Oxidation of glucose is diminished when ketoacids in the brain or fatty acids in skeletal muscle are oxidized
why is this?
when they are oxidized it steals NAD+ so NAD+ isn’t available for oxidation of glucose
what is the cost of going through gluconeogenesis
4 ATP
2GTP
2NADH
why is gluconeogenesis necessary
brain
RBC
nervous system
they all NEED glucose for energy
gluconeognesis can generate glucose from a.a. but NOT
fatty acids
how is glucose 6 phosphate transported out of liver
dephosphorylated
where is glucose 6 phosphatase
ER lumen