L5 Glycolysis Flashcards
What are the three main metabolic processes involved in complete oxidation of glucose?
(1) Glycolysis
(2) Citric acid cycle
(3) Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation
Are there any ATP consuming steps in glycolysis?
Yes
What is special about Hexokinase IV?
It is the only hexokinases that is glucose-specific, and it is found only in liver cells
Glycolysis supplies carbon skeleton for other biomolecules, true or false?
True
Pyruvate is converted to which metabolite for further catabolism during aerobic condition?
Acetyl Co-A
And CO2 is released in this process
Which stage of glycolysis consumes ATP, and which produces ATP?
In hexose stage, 2 ATP are consumed per glucose
In triose stage, 4 ATP are generated per glucose
Pyruvate is converted to which metabolite for further catabolism during anaerobic condition?
lactate or ethanol
Hexose stage of glycolysis is also known as what phase?
Preparatory phase
Triose stage of glycolysis is also known as what phase?
Payoff phase
In the three irreversible steps, which metabolite is transformed to which respectily?
(1) Step 1: Glucose is phosphorylated to Glucose-6-phosphate
(Adding the first phophate group)
(2) Step 3: Fructose 6-phosphate is phosphorylated to Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate
(Adding the second phophate group)
(3) Step 10: Phosphoenolpyruvate turns to Pyruvate
(Getting the last phophate down)
What is the enzyme related to Glucose being phosphorylated to Glucose-6-phosphate?
Hexokinase
What is the enzyme related to Fructose 6-phosphate being phosphorylated to Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate?
Phosphofructokinase-1
(PFK-1)
What is the function of Glucose 6-phosphate isomerase?
It converts Glucose-6-P to Fructose-6-P in step 2 of glycolysis
What is the enzyme related to Phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) turning to Pyruvate?
Pyruvate kinase
Which is the first committed step in glycolysis?
Step 3: phosphorylation of Fructose 6-phosphate
Being the committed step means once F6P is turned to F1,6-bisP, it is for Glycolysis only and will not enter other pathways
For example, before this step, G6P can still enter Entern-Doudoroff Pathway
What is the function of Aldolase?
It cleaves the C3-C4 bond in F 1,6-bisP and produce DHAP and G3P in step 4 of glycolysis
What is the function of Triose phosphate isomerase?
It isomerizes DHAP to G3P in step 5
What type of enzyme is Triose phosphate isomerase?
It is a general acid-base catalysis
What is the function of G3P dehydrogenase?
It turns G3P into 1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate in step 6, using NAD+ and an inorganic Pi as another substrate
Which step uses NAD+ as oxidizing agent?
In step 6 when turning G3P to 1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate