Krebs Cycle Flashcards
What stimulates fatty acid production?
Lipids
What intermediate in the Kreb’s cycle is necessary to make hemoglobin?
Succinyl coA
What 2 amino acids are easiest to make?
Aspartate and glutamate
Starting molecule of Kreb’s?
Acetyl coA
Glucose is converted to pyruvate in what cycle?
Glycolysis
What coenzymes are needed for pyruvate dehydrogenase?
B1, B2, B3, B5, lipolic acid
First compound of Kreb’s cycle and enzyme?
Citrate and aconitase
What is purpose of aconitase in enzyme in step 2 of Kreb’s?
No net synthesis of glucose.
What two minerals support the function of aconitase?
Iron and sulfur proteins
What is the allosteric enzyme in TCA cycle?
Isocitrate dehydrogenase
What two compounds can inhibit isocitrate dehydrogenase?
NADH and ATP
What is the name of the enzyme that uses all the same enzymes as pyruvate dehydrogenase?
Alpha ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
What compound can be made from succinyl coA?
Heme
What enzyme converts pyruvate to OAA and what are the enzymes?
Pyruvate carboxylase.
Needs biotin and ATP.
What is the location in the mitochondria in all other Kreb’s cycle enzymes?
In matrix