Metabolic Concepts Flashcards
End product of aerobic glycolysis
Pyruvate
End product of anerobic glycolysis
Lactic acid
Precursor for FA and cholesterol
Acetyl CoA
Parent compound of steroid hormones
Cholesterol
Provide carbon skeletons for AA synthesis
Pyruvate and TCA intermediates
Source of reducing equivalents like NADPH
Pentose phosphate Pathway
Source of ribose for DNA synthesis
Pentose phosphate pathway
Majority of AA metabolism involves this reaction/process
Trans-Amination
Co enzyme needed for trans-amination
Pyridoxal phosphate
LARGEST lipo-protein
Chylomicron
Major difference between triclycerides in chylomicrons and VLDL
VLDL typically contains endogenously secreted triglycerides
Biochemical pathways that occur both in the cytosol and mitochondria
Heme synthesis,
Urea Cycle
Gluconeogenesis
Biochemical pathways that occur in the mitochondria
FA Oxidation (B oxidation)
Acetyl CoA production
TCA cycle
Oxidative phosphorylation
Major biochemical pathways that occur strictly in the CYTOPLASM
FA Synthesis Glycolysis Pentose phosphate pathway Cholesterol synthesis Steroid synthesis (SER) Protein synthesis (RER)
The only 2 mechanisms how fats in the diet can be converted to glucose
FAT —?—> Glucose
Odd chain fatty acid via Propionyl CoA
Glyerol from Triglycerid breakdown
Primary substrate/metabolic intermediate for gluco-neo-genesis
Oxalo-Acetate
ONLY pathways available in RBCs
Anaerobic glycolysis
Pentose phosphate pathway
Term used to describe metabolic pathways that act as link between anabolic and catabolic pathways
Amphibolic-TCA cycle
Equation used to compute for the concentration of weak acid and its conjugate base
Henderson Hasselbalch Equation
pH = pKa + log [unprotonated/protonated]
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
7 dehydro-cholesterol reductase deficiency
Enzyme responsible for phosphorylating glucose in the liver and pancreatic Beta cells
High km, high vmax
Induced by insulin,
NOT inhibited by glucose 6 phosphate feedback
Gluco-kinase
Enzyme from Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, or BOTH:
Pyruvate kinase
Glycolysis
Enzyme from Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, or BOTH:
Phospho-fructo-kinase 1
Glycolysis
Enzyme from Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, or BOTH:
Phospho-fructo-kinase 2
Glycolysis