Metabolism Goodness (Basics to Glycogen Metabolism) Flashcards
What do NAD+ and FAD act as: oxidizing or reducing agents?
sexy electron strippers-oxidizing agents, stripping away electrons
Which electron taxi cab do we use in catabolism?
NAD+
Which taxi cab do we use in Anabolism?
NADP+
What are the 3 MAJOR membrane lipid families?
- GlyceroPhosphoLipids 2. SphingoLipids 3. Cholesterol
What are the four variable groups we talked about for GlyceroPhosphoLipids?
- EthanolAmide 2.Choline 3. Serine 4. In-O-Si-Tol
What are the four types of sphingolipids?
1.CER-AMIDE 2. sphingo-MYELIN 3. Glucosyl-Cerebro-side 4. Ganglio-Side
What is the most common sphinolipid in our cells? What is the ONLY sphingolipid AND phospholipid?
SphingoMyelin
What is the disease that arises from the inability to degrade gangliosides in the cell?
Tay-Sachs Disease (NERVOUS tissue most affected)
What is the disease that arises front he inability to degrade glucosyl-cerebro-sides?
Gaucher’s Disease
What happens in the Adenylate cyclase cAMP pathway? Namely: Type of GPCR; Name of Target Protein; the last two steps
GPCR: Beta-Adrenergic Receptor…..Target: Adenylate Cyclase. Next step: Adenylate cyclase converts ATP to cAMP. Last step: cAMP activates Protein Kinase A
What 2 things does the activated Protein Kinase A accomplish?
1.Phosphorylates Serine and Thyronine targets. 2. Stimulates transcription
What are the two items activated via the PhosphoLipase C pathway?
1.PKC and 2. Calmodulin
What are the new/main players in the NitricOxide pathway? What is the main function of the Nitric Oxide pathway?
1.Nitric Oxide 2.cGMP 3.ProteinKinaseG..Relaxation of Smooth Muscle!
What are the 3 positive AA’s?
HAL! Histidine, Arginine, Lysine
What are the 2 Negative AA’s?
GA! Glutamate, Aspartate
High Ka=?pKa?
High Ka=Low pKa (logarithmic relationship)
Low pKa=?pH?
Low pKa=Low pH (strong acid)
What is the Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation?
pH= pKa + log [ConjBase] / [Acid]
Where does aspirin (pKa=3.5) get absorbed? Stomach (pH=1.5) or S.I. (pH=6.5)
Stomach (pH 1.5). Here, the aspirin is very associated, so it is not charged, so it can pass the membrane.
What % dissociation occurs when you have a 1 pH unit above the pKa?
91% dissociation
What % dissociation occurs when you have a 1 pH unit below the pKa?
9.1% dissociation
BIG ONE!!! What are the polar and charged (+&-) AAs?
HAL (+) (Histidine, Arginine, Lysine), GA! (-) (Glutamate, Aspartate), and (Polar) St. AG Cystine chapel (Serine, Threonine, Asparagine Glutamine, Cystine)
If I have a substrate with a LARGE Km do I have a high or low affinity for that enzyme?
I have a LOW affinity.. Lots of fries to FINALLY reach the 1/2Vmax..
What does a SMALL Km tell me about the affinity of a substrate to an enzyme?
Small Km = HIGH affinity of the substrate for the enzyme
What effect does a COMPETITIVE inhibitor have on Vmax? Km?
No change in Vmax with an inhibitor. Inhibitors INCREASE Km. (Need to have more S to get the same 1/2Vmax)
What effect does a NONcompetitive inhibitor have on Vmax? Km?
DECREASES Vmax (Adding more S doesn’t do anything!). Km stays the same (S still binds to E).
What are the three CK (creatine kinase) Iso(en)zymes we discussed? Where can I find them?
BB in Brain, MB in Heart, MM in skeletal and heart muscle
What type of transporter gets glucose from the lumen of the small intestine into an enterocyte? What ion is involved?
A sodium SYMporter
What type of transport protein gets the cell from the enterocyte to the blood? What type of transport is it?
A GLUT! (GLUcoseTransporter). FACILITATED diffusion
What is the saccaride that cements S. Mutans to teeth? What is the hard bond to break in this polysaccharide?
DexTRAN…Its oddball 1,3 alpha. So hard to break up the biofilm