Glycolysis Flashcards
Products of glycolysis produced per glucose
2 pyruvates, 2 NADH, 2 ATP
Conditions in which NADH is reoxidized to NAD+ by ETC
Aerobic
Conditions in which NADH is reoxidized to NAD+ by reducting pyruvate to lactate
Anaerobic
Enzyme that catalyzes Glucose –> G-6-P
Hexokinase (muscle and adipose)
Glucokinase (liver and pancreas)
Reversibility/regulated:
Hexokinase/glucokinase reaction
Irreversible
Regulated
Number of isozymes of hexokinase
4
Enzymes in glycolysis that require ATP
Hexokinase/glucokinase
Phosphofructokinase
Enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of glucose to G-6-P in muscle and adipose
Hexokinase
Enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of glucose to G-6-P in liver and pancreas
Glucokinase
Enzyme that converts G-6-P to fructose-6-P
Glucose-6-P isomerase
Step in glycolysis that is a branch point to other pathways
Fructose-6-P
Reversibility/regulated:
Glucose-6-P isomerase reaction
Reversible
Not regulated
Enzyme that converts Fructose-6-P to F-1,6-BP
Phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1)
Reversibility/regulated:
Phosphofructosekinase-1
Irreversible
Regulated
First committed (irreversible) step in glycolysis
Phosphofructosekinase-1
Enzyme that converts F-1,6-BP to dihydroxyacetone P and glyceraldehyde-3-P
Aldolase
Reaction/enzyme in glycolysis that is thermodynamically unfavorable
Aldolase reaction
Reversibility/regulated:
Aldolase reaction
Reversible
Unregulated
Enzyme that converts dihydroxyacetone phosphate to glyceraldehyde-3-P
Triose phosphate isomerase
Reversibility/regulated:
Triose phosphate isomerase
Reversible
Unregulated
Enzyme that converts glyceraldehyde-3-P to 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate
Glyceraldehyde-3-P dehydrogenase
High energy acid anhydride in glycolysis
1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate
Reversibility/regulated:
Glyceraldehyde-3-P dehydrogenase reaction
Reversible
Not regulated
Reaction in glycolysis that is an aldose to ketose isomerization (pyranose, 6 ring, to furanose, 5 ring)
Glucose-3-P isomerase
Reaction in glycolysis that forms two triose phosphates
Aldolase reaction
Reaction in glycolysis that converts an aldose to a ketose
Triose phosphate isomerase
Molecule formed from glucose by hexokinase/glucokinase
Glucose-6-Phosphate
Molecule formed from G-6-P by glucose-6-P isomerase
Fructose-6-P
Molecule formed from F-6-P by Phosphofructokinase-1
Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphate
Molecules formed from F-1,6-BP by aldolase
Dihydroxyacetone phosphate and Glyceraldehyde-3-P
Molecule formed from dihydroxyacetone phosphate by triose phosphate isomerase
Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate
Molecule formed from glyceraldehyde-3-P by glyceraldehyde-3-P dehydrogenase
1,3-bisphosphoglycerase
Step in glycolysis that reduces NAD+ to NADH
Glyceraldehyde-3-P dehydrogenase
Molecule formed from 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate by phosphoglycerate kinase
3-phosphoglycerate
Enzyme that converts 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate to 3-phosphoglycerate
Phosphoglycerate kinase
Only kinase in glycolysis that is not regulated
Phosphoglycerate kinase
Reversibility/regulated:
Phosphoglycerate kinase reaction
Reversible
Not regulated
Reactions/enzymes in glycolysis that generate ATP
Phosphoglycerate kinase and Pyruvate kinase
Reactions of glycolysis that require Mg2+
Hexokinase/glucokinase
Phosphofructokinase-1
Phosphoglycerate kinase
Enolase
Pyruvate kinase
Enzyme that converts 3-phosphoglycerate to 2-phosphoglycerate
Phosphoglycerate mutase
Reversibility/regulated:
Phosphoglycerate mutase reaction
Reversible
Not regulated
Molecule formed from 3-phosphoglycerate by phosphoglycerate mutase
2-Phosphoglycerate
Enzyme that converts 2-phosphoglycerate to phosphoenolpyruvate
Enolase
Molecule formed from 2-phosphoglycerate by enolase by elimination of water
Phosphoenolpyruvate
Reversibility/regulated:
Enolase
Reversible
Not regulated
Enzyme that converts phosphoenolpyruvate to pyruvate
Pyruvate kinase
Molecule formed from phosphoenolpyruvate by pyruvate kinase
Pyruvate
Reversibility/regulated:
Pyruvate kinase
Irreversible
Regulated
Highly exergonic reactions of glycolysis that are essentially irreversible
Hexokinase/glucokinase
PFK-1
Pyruvate kinase
Recessive genetic mutation where RBCs have 5-25% of normal levels of pyruvate kinase, causes a hemolytic anemia
Pyruvate kinase deficiency
Condition that removes the net synthesis of ATP from glycolysis alone due to analog incorporated into glyceraldehyde-3-P instead of phosphate
Arsenic poisoning
Arsenate is similar to phosphate and gets incorporated into this molecule
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
Arseno analog in glyceraldehyde-3-P is unstable and gets hydrolyzed to this molecule
3-phosphoglycerate
White bands that appear on fingernails due to arsenic, thallium, and other heavy metals to a lesser extent
Mees lines
Enzyme that converts pyruvate to lactate
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
Reversibility of LDH reaction
Reversible
Products of LDH reaction
Lactate and NAD+
Cells that generate lactate
RBC and skeletal muscle