Glycolysis Flashcards
Where does glycolysis occur
cytosol
Preparatory phase (5) vs payoff phase (5)
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Preparatory phase:
- Investment of energy into the system from hydrolyzing 2 ATP
- Locks glucose into glycolytic pathway
- Split glucose into two, 3-carbon molecules
- Investment of energy into the system from hydrolyzing 2 ATP
Payoff phase: 4ATP and 2NADH are produced
First step - what is it? how is it possible? is it irreversible?
Glucose +ATP -hexokinase -> glucose-6- phosphate + ADP
Phosphorylation coupled to ATP hydrolysis.
Irreversible.
Glucokinase
IA lvier-specific hexokinase isoform with a higher Km
Importance of glucose phosphorylation in the first step
- Invests energy
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Trap glucose in the cell
- Glucose-6-phosphate is too negative to leave the cell
- Decreases [glucose] in the cell so more unphosphorylated glucose can diffuse into the cell via transport channels
- Use glucose-6-phosphate in other cell pathways
- The negative phosphate charge can interact through weak ionic forces to stabilize the substrate in the active site of various enzymes
Substrate flux- what is it and what steps do it?
a reaction that can go in either direction is pushed in one direction because its product is rapidly used as a substrate for the next reaciton
Seen in step 2 (Isomerization of glucose-6-phosphate to fructose-6-phosphate) and step 5 (isomerization of DHAP into GAP)
Step 3 - what is it? how is it possible? is it irreversible?
Fructose-6-phosphate + ATP -PFK-1-> Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate + ADP
Coupled to ATP hydrolysis
Irreversible
Importance of fructose-6-phosphate phosphorylation
Invests ATP
Commitment step
PFK-1 is the most highly regulated glycolytic enzyme
Product has an axis of symmetry- cleavage in step 4 into DHAP and GAP molecules generates twice the E in the payoff phase
When are ATP molecules hydrolyzed?
steps 1 and 3
Step 6
GAP is oxidized, NAD reduced.
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate + Pi + NAD+
-GAP dehydrogenase->
1,3-bisphosphoglycerate + NADH + H+
- NADH will be used to donate e- to the ETC
- 1,3BPG is very high energy
Step 7
1,3BPG is hydrolyzed; substrate level phosphorylation
1,3BPG + ADP -phosphoglycerate kinase-> 3PG + ATP
- 1,3BPG’s phosphate bond is broken and the E is transferred to generate ATP
Which steps involves substrate level phosphorylation ?
7 & 10
7: 1,3BPG is hydrolyzed to 3PG to make an ATP
10: PEP is hydrolyzed to pyruvate to make na ATP
Step 10
PEP is hydrolyzed into pyruvate to make ATP.
PEP + ADP -pyruvate kinase-> pyruvate + ATP
Which steps of the payoff phase generated energy ?
Step 6- oxidation - NADH
Step 7 - sub lvl phos - ATP
Step 10 - sub lvl phos - ATP
End products of glycolysis of one glucose molecule
2 pyruvate
2 NADH
2 ATP (net, because Step1&3 used 2 ATP)
2 H2O
Bleeding can lower your hemoglobin and hematocrit, so your body is low oxygen. What do you expect to find in this patient’s blood test
High lactate
Acidic blood
COPD (poor gas exchange in the lungs) can cause ___ due to the increase in the partial pressure of CO2
Respiratory acidosis
What happens to pyruvate in aerobic vs anaerobic conditions?
Aerobic: pyruvate converted to acetyl-CoA for the citric acid cycle to make more NADH
Anaerobic: pyruvate converted to lactate by lactate dehydrogenase in a redox rxn; this oxidizes NADH from step6 into NAD+
Anaerobic glycolysis
One molecule of glucose –> 2 lactate + 2 net ATP
What causes metabolic acidosis?
Increased lactate (an acid) or ketone bodies in the blood
What is muscle cramping caused by? Why does massaging help it?
Lactate build up
Massaging sends more oxygenated blood there while removing CO2 and lactate –> lactate dehydrogenase rxn is reversed