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Glycogen Metabolism, Synthesis, and PPP Flashcards

1
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What is glycogen?

A

Glycogen is a polysaccharide consisting of a-1,4-linked glucose with a-1,6- branched glucose every ~ 10 residues.

Glycogen is a readily mobilized form of glucose that is stored mainly in liver and muscle.

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What is the process that cleaves glycogen?

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Phosphorolytic Cleavage

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Does cleaving glycogen require ATP?

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No

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What is the final product after cleaving glycogen?

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Glucose-1-Phosphate

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5
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Where does degredation of glycogen start?

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non-reducing ends (free ends)

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6
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What is the first step of glycogen degradation?

What is the enzyme?

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Phosphorolytic Cleavage

Glycogen Phosphorylase

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7
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What happens during Phosphorolytic Cleavage?

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Glycogen Phosphorylase adds an inorganic phosphate to the non-reducing end of glycogen to form G-1-P. Resulting glycogen polymer is one unit shorter.

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What happens to the G-1-P, and what enzyme is responsible?

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Converted into G-6-P by Phosphoglucomutase

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9
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How does Phosphoglucomutase work?

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This enzymes functions by covalently modifying a serine residue which exchanges phosphate w/ G-1-P to make a G-1,6-BP intermediate prior to a back exchange to the 6 position to make G-6-P

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What happens to the G-6-P, and what enzyme is involved?

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It gets converted into glucose by Glucose-6-Phosphatase

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What are the two enzymes needed to deal with a-1,6 branching?

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Transferase

a-1,6 Glucosidase

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Where does this occur?

glycogen metabolism is used during heavy exercise for anaerobic respiration

G-6-P goes directly into glycolysis

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Muscle

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13
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Where does this occur?

glycogen metabolism is designed for glucose export into blood

G-6-P must be converted to glucose for export

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Liver

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14
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What is the function of transferase?

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Removes three of the four residues left at the branch point by glycogen phosphorylase and catalyzes their polymerization onto the unbranched strand (a-1,4-linkages)

Removes them from branch and places them on the main line

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What is the function of a-1,6-glucosidase?

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Removes the final a-1,6 glucose from the branch

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16
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Regulation of glycogen metabolism occurs through ____.

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Signal Transduction

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17
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Of Glycogen Phosphorylase A and Glycogen Phosphorylase B, which is active and which is inactive?

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A is active and phosphorylated,

B is inactive and de-phosphorylated

Both have T and R states

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18
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How is Glycogen Phosphorylase A regulated?

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The a form (which is nearly all in the R state) in muscle is regulated by phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of b to a

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How is Glycogen Phosphorylase B regulated?

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The b form is downregulated by ATP and G-6-P (conversion to T form) and upregulated by AMP (conversion to R form).

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20
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What is needed for glycogen synthesis?

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A high energy intermediate glucose donor, uridine diphosphate glucose (UDP-glucose).

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21
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How is UDP-glucose formed?

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From a reaction of UTP with G-1-P

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22
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What is the reaction that forms UDP-Glucose, and what is the enzyme involved?

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UTP + G-1-P to UDP-G + PPi (pyrophosphate from UTP)

UDP glucose pyrophosphorylase

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23
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Is it possible to reverse the formation of UDP-Glucose? What causes this?

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Reaction is made irreversible by inorganic pyrophosphatase that takes PPi to 2Pi

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24
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What Molecule is this?

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Glucose

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25
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What Enzyme is this?

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Hexokinase

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26
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What Molecule is this?

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G-6P

Glucose-6-Phosphate

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What Molecule is this?

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G-1P

Glucose-1-Phosphate

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28
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What Enzyme is this?

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Phosphoglucomutase

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29
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What Molecule is this?

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G-6P

Glucose-6-Phosphate

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30
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What Molecule is this?

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Glucose-1-Phosphate

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31
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What Molecule is this?

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UTP

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32
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What Molecule is this?

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UDP-Glucose

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33
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What Enzyme is this?

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UDP-Glucose Phosphorylase

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34
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What Molecule is this?

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UDP-Glucose

35
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What Molecule is this?

36
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What Molecule is this?

37
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What Molecule is this?

A

Glycogen (1 Unit More)

38
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What Enzyme is used in this reaction?

A

glycogen synthase

39
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What is the Glycogen Primer, the protien at the center of all glycogen that the branches grow off of?

A

Glycogenin protein

40
Q

An enzyme with _____activity adds UDP-glucose to a tyrosine

A

glucotransferase

41
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Initial catalysis of an octamer of glucose units is necessary to act as the substrate for____

A

glycogen synthase

42
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What is the function of branching, and what enzyme is responsible for it?

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Branching serves to increase solubility and increases rate of synthesis and degradation by forming multiple termini.

Branching Enzyme

43
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What regulates Glycogen Synthesis, and how?

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Glycogen synthase, interconversion of a and b forms through phosphorylation

44
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What stimulates the conversion of Glycogen Synthase between a and b forms?

A

PKA does phosphorylation of Glycogen Synthase Kinase (GSK3) and is controlled by glucagon and epinephrine (cell needs energy so turn off synthesis).

45
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What is the role of insulin in Glycogen Synthesis?

A

Insulin promotes glucose uptake and phosphorylation by the cell as well as inactivation of GSK3 to inhibit phosphorylation of glycogen synthase and activate glycogen synthesis.

46
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What is the PPP?

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The Pentose Phosphate Pathway

47
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What are the three roles of the PPP?

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  • Important source of NADPH (biosynthetic reducing power for fat synthesis)
  • Interconversion of 5 Carbon sugars from diet to useful 3C and 6C sugars that can be directed into glycolysis.
  • Synthesis of important pentose sugars needed for DNA and RNA synthesis.
48
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What is the overall reaction for PPP?

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G-6-P + 2NADP+ ——-> Ribulose-5-P + 2NADPH + 2CO2

49
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What is Phase 1 of the PPP, and what happens?

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Oxidative Phase

NADPH is formed through two sequential 2 e- oxidations

50
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What is Phase 2 of the PPP, and what happens?

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Non-oxidative Phase

Interconversion of phophoryated sugars

51
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What happens in step 1 of the PPP, and what is the enzyme involved?

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Oxidation of the C1 hemiacetal to a lactone (cyclic ester) the 2e- are transferred to NADP to make NADPH.

G-6-P dehydrogenase

52
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What happens in step 2 of the PPP, and what is the enzyme involved?

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Hydration reaction and ring opens the lactone substrate to the carboxylic acid (a sugar acid).

lactonase

53
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What happens in step 3 of the PPP, and what is the enzyme involved?

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Oxidative decarboxylation to generate the 5C product (a ketose) as well as another NADPH.

6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase

54
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What step of the PPP is this, and what enzyme is used?

A

1

Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

55
Q

What step of the PPP is this, and what enzyme is used?

A

2

Lactonase

56
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What step of the PPP is this, and what enzyme is used?

A

3

6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase

57
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What is this Molecule?

A

Glucose 6-Phosphate

58
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What is this Molecule?

A

6-Phosphoglucono-(sigma)-lactone

59
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What is this Molecule?

A

6-Phosphogluconate

60
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What is this Molecule?

A

Ribulose 5-Phosphate

61
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What is this Enzyme?

A

Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

62
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What is this Enzyme?

63
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What is this Enzyme?

A

6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase

64
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What is this molecule?

A

Ribulose 5-Phosphate

ketose

65
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What is this Molecule?

A

Ribose 5-Phosphate

aldose

66
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What is this Enzyme?

A

Phosphopentose Isomerase

67
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Why is Ribose necessary in cells?

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  • Ribose-5-P is a precursor to sugars needed to make RNA, DNA, ATP, NADH, FAD, coenzyme A etc.
  • Although Ribose-5-P is an important biosynthetic intermediate, the body has a greater need for NADPH.
  • Under these conditions (need for NADPH but not Ribose-5-P) the body can convert this 5C sugar into 3C and 6C sugars that feed into glycolysis.
68
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What are the three basic reactions in the conversion of 5C sugars?

A

C5 + C5 to C3 + C7

C3 + C7 to C6 + C4

C4 + C5 to C6 + C3

Total:3C5 to 2C6 + C3

69
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What is this Molecule?

A

Ribose 5-Phosphate

70
Q

What Molecule is this?

A

Ribulose 5-Phosphate

71
Q

What Molecule is this?

A

Xylulose 5-Phosphate

72
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What Enzyme is this?

A

Phosphopentose Isomerase

73
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What Enzyme is this?

A

Phosphopentose Epimerase

74
Q

What are these two Molecules?

A

Xylulose 5-P

Ribose 5-P

75
Q

What are these two Molecules?

A

G 3-P

Sedoheptulose 7-P

76
Q

What are these two Molecules?

A

Fructose 6-P

Erythrose 4-P

77
Q

What are these two Molecules?

A

Xylulose 5-P

Erythrose 4-P

78
Q

What are these two Molecules?

A

G 3-P

Fructose 6-P

79
Q

What is this Enzyme?

A

Transketolase

80
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What is this Enzyme?

A

Transaldolase

81
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What is this Enzyme?

A

Transketolase

82
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How is the PPP regulated?

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  • The use of G-6-P is determined by 2 basic needs, energy (ATP) and biosynthetic reducing power (NADPH) for making fat.
  • Both of these molecules regulate glycolysis or PPP.
  • In the oxidative part of PPP, the first dehydrogenase is essentially irreversible, thus the logical regulatory point.
  • At low [NADP+] the three enzymes in the oxidative part of PPP have low activity (NADPH competes with binding to enzyme, is thus a competitive inhibitor).
83
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What three things does the fate of G-6-P depend on?

A

Need for NADPH

Need for ATP

Need Ribose-5-P

84
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Under different scenarios G-6-P is routed to which different pathways?

A

To Ribose-5-P

To recycling mode for NADPH formation

To pyruvate (ATP)

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