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Lecture 19: Glycolysis Flashcards

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Catabolism

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-BREAKDOWN fuels into energy
-usually coupled with reducing equivalents of NADH

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How is energy generated in mammals

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-oxidation of carbon compounds to CO2 and H2O using O2
-release ATP and NADH

-start with reduced carbon end with oxidized carbon

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Anabolism

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-BIOSYNTHESIS from smaller molecules
-REQUIRES energy from ATP or NADPH

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NADH form

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reduced

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NADPH vs NADH

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-NADPH mostly used for ANABOLISM

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Regulation of metabolism

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-feedback or feedforward control at:
-rate-limiting step
-commitment step

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rate-limiting step

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slowest in pathway

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commitment step

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first irreversible step unique to pathway

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irreversible steps usually involve

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-high energy substrates
-ex: ATP

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Futile Cycles

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-formed by irreversible reactions in opposite directions
-activation of both wastes energy

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Use of a futile cycle in the liver

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-between glucose and glucose 1-phosphate as a buffer to maintain blood glucose levels

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12
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To minimize energy loss of a futile cycle:

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reactions only in one direction should be active at a given time
-gycolysis vs gluconeogenesis

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Types of regulation of metabolism

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-transcriptional (slow)
-protein degradation (slow)
-allosteric regulation (fast)
-post-translational modification (fast)
-compartmentation (fast)

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Slow regulation of metabolism

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-transcriptional/translational (induce genes)
-protein degradation (ubiquitin-proteasome or lysosomal proteolysis)

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Fast regulation of metabolism

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-allosteric regulation (activators/inhibitors)
-post-translational modifications (phosphorylation)
-compartmentation (shuttling substrates to compartments for reactions)

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Compartmentation

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-shuttling substrates to compartment for reactions
-fatty acid biosynthesis in cytosol
-oxidation in the mitochondria

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Difference in metabolism between organs

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-utilize dif metabolic pathways
-organs must cooperate to optimize phsyiological responses

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18
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Point of No return of Metabolism

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-pyruvate (C3) to acetyl CoA (C2)

19
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Glycolysis overview

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Glucose to fructose 1,6 to 2 glyceraldhyde 3-phosphate to 2 pyruvate
-cytosol
-harvest 2 ATP and 2 NADH

20
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1st reaction in glycolysis

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Glucose + 2 ATP –> fructose 1,6 bisphosphate + 2 ADP

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2nd reaction in glycolysis

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fructose 1,6 bisphosphate ((C6) –> 2 glycaeraldehyde 3-phosphate (C3)

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3rd reaction in glycolysis

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2 G3P + 4 ADP + 2 NAD+ —> 2 pyruvate + 4 ATP + 2NADH

-net gain: 2 ATP and 2 NADH

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Priming reaction of glycolysis

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  1. Glucose + ATP = G6P +ADP (hexokinase)
  2. G6P –> F6P (reversible)
  3. F6P + ATP = F1,6B +ADP (6-phosphofructo1Kinase)
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Regulation of priming reactions

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-insulin increases # of glucose transporters on cell membrane (EXCEPT LIVER)
-G6P inhibits G6P production (hexokinase)

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Regulation of hexokinase

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-inhibited by G6P

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regulation of 6-phosphofructokinase

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-activated by AMP, fructose2,6
-inhibited by ATP, citrate, H+

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Reactions coupled with ATP hydrolysis

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-typically irreverdible

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G6p

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-also used in glycogen synthesis and pentose phosphate pathway

*inhibiting this would inhibit other process other than glycolysis

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Commitment step of glycolysis

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-production of fructose1,6B

*target this one instead to stop glycolysis

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AMP

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-signal used by cells to sense energy status
- AMP much much lower than ADP and then ATP in cells

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small decrease in ATP leads to

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significant increase in AMP

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AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)

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-critical role in cellular energy homeostasis

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Adenylate kinase reaction

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2 ADP <-> ATP + AMP

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Keq

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[ATP][AMP]/[ADP]^2

=1

35
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Regulation of glycolysis at Splitting steps

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F1,6P all the way to phosphoenolpyruvate are unregulated
-enzymes keep them at equilibrium
-reversible

36
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Regulation of pyruvate kinase

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-activated by F1,6B
-inhibited by ATP and alanine

-pyruvate is also used to make alanine

37
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Pyruvate

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-product of glycolysis
-transported to mitochondria to be turned into acteyl CoA (oxidative decarboxylation)
-can be used to make glucose through gluconeogenesis
-can also make alanine and lactate

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Glycogen

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-excess glucose stored in liver and muscles
-synthesis and breakdown regulated
-used by liver to regulate blood glucose levels

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Glycogen synthesis

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  1. G6P –> G1P
  2. G1P +UTP <–> Glycogen + UDP

-inhibited again by G6P (inhibts hexokinase)

40
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Fructose

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-does not increase blood insulin
-different metabolism
-same splitting enzyme (aldolase B)
-+glucose=sucrose

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Fructose metabolism

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  1. fructose + ATP –> F1P + ADP
    (fructokinase)
  2. F1P + ATP –> 2 G3P + ADP
    (aldolase B)
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Excess fructose

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-accumulates F1P in liver cells
-depletes ATP and phosphate which may cause liver damage

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Aldolase B

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breaks 6 carbon to 3 carbon

44
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Which of the following CANNOT be a carbon source for gluconeogenesis?

-pyruvate
-lactate
-alanine
-acetyl CoA

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acetyl CoA

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