Glycolysis Flashcards
4 ways glucose can be used in cells
Synthesis of structural polymers
Storage as glycogen
Oxidation via PPP
Oxidation via glycolysis
Preparatory phase (general)
Steps 1-5
2 ATP = investment energy
Glucose splits into 2 3C molecules
(Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphates)
Payoff phase (general)
Steps 6-10
4ATP (net 2ATP)
2 NADH —> e-chain for reducing power
Hexokinase
Step 1
Phosphorylation
Glucose —> G6P (1 ATP used)
Irreversible
**this locks glucose inside the cell…and thus will bring glucose into the cell because the concentration of glucose will be lower inside than outside
G6P can used in glycolysis, PPP, or glycogen synthesis
Analog in liver = glucokinase (higher affinity for glucose)
Phosphohexose isomerase
Isomerization of an aldose into a ketose
G6P—>F6P
Reversible (so [subrate] dictates)
Mg2+ is required
phosphofructokinase-1 (PK1)
F6P —> F-1,6-BP (1 ATP used)
Committment step
Aldolase
Cleaves F1,6BP —> DHAP and GAP
DHAP will proceed to step 5
GAP will proceed to step 6 (payoff phase)
Reversible
Triose phosphate isomerase
DHAP GAP
Favors making GAP since GAP is being used in payoff phase
GAP dehydrogenase
GAP from step 4 is oxidized
NAD+ is reduced to NADH
Prodcut = 1,3-biphosphoglycerate
Very high energy product so rxn is readily reversible
Phosphoglycerate kinase
Named for the reverse reaction
1,3-BPG +ADP —> 3-PG +ATP
Coupled reaction to make formation of ATP favorable
Phosphoglycerate mutase
3-PG —> 2-PG
Reversible
Mg2+ needed
Enolase
2-PG —> phosphenolpyruvate (PEP)
PEP = top of free energy list
Largest -deltaG value (but this reaction has a +deltaG) —>
Reversible
Pyruvate kinase
Named for reversible reaction
PEP + ADP —> Pyruvate + ATP
Irreversible
Very regulated step
Mg2+ and K+ needed
Diseases associated with this step
Net reaction for glycolysis
Glucose + NAD+ + 2ADP + 2Pi —>
2 pyruvate + 2NADH + 2ATP + H2O
Importance of 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate
And
3-PG
From step 6 and 7 respectively
Both of them can be converted to 2,3-BPG
Compound in RBCs used for regulating O2 release from hemoglobin
High 2,3-BPG levels —> lower hemoglobin’s affinity of O2 —> O2 unloading