MISC Pathways Flashcards
If you have high insulin, would you expect more or less txn of PEPCK?
Less
remember PEPCK is used to convert Oxaloacetate to pyruvate
Location, location, location
Glycogenolysis: HMP Shunt (PPP): Glycolysis: Gluconeogenesis: TCA:
Glycogenolysis: liver, muscle
HMP Shunt (PPP): cytoplasm
Glycolysis: cytoplasm
Gluconeogenesis: cytosol in liver (80%), kidney (20%)
- exception: pyruvate carboxylase is in mito matrix
TCA: mito matrix
Location, location, location
Triacylglycerol synthesis:
TAG degradation:
Ketogenesis:
Cholesterol synth:
Triacylglycerol synthesis: cytosol
TAG degradation: mitochondria
Ketogenesis: mitochondria
Cholesterol synth: cytosol
(just think: fat synth is in the cytosol)
When do you utilize the HMP pathway?
When glucose is super duper abundant (more than glycogenesis can handle)
2 main fxn of HMP pathway
- generation of NADPH
2. generation of 5C sugars (for nucleotide synth)
tissues/organs where FA + steroid synthesis is common
- mammary gland
- adrenal cortex
- liver
- adipose tissue
- blood forming cells/tumors
NADPH is an E source for?
- FA synthesis
- cholesterol synthesis
- defense against oxidative stress
- White cell fxn
GLycolysis is the major source of E for ?
RBCs
Sperm
Tissues
(Via substrate level phosphorylation)
Counter regulatory hormones
(4)
- What do they respond to?
- glucacon
- catecholamines
- growth hormone
- cortisol
(they are the opposite of insulin, they increase in response to hypoglycemia + stress)
How do CRH like glucagon and catecholamines work?
- Bind to memb. assoc. R
- Change levels of cAMP
- Alter intracellular signaling
- Changel levels of protein kinases
- Phosphorylates key enzymes
Following a meal, glycolysis is (pick one) active/inactive, and glycogen synthase is active/inactive
Active, active
gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis is reduced
When fasting insulin is ___ and CRH are ___. Gluconeogenesisis is ___, and and glycogen breakdown is ____ to provide glucose for the brain.
insulin - low
CRH - high
Gluconeogenesis - high
Glycogen breakdown - high
If O2 si not present b.c of hypoxia, intense exercise, or the cell does not have mitochondria (RBC), what pathway does the cell take?
Pyruvate gets converted to lactate and exported
When fasting, which organs produce glucose? Where does the liver get its C source?
liver
(kidney to lesser extent 20%)
- Lactate from glycolysis in m. or RBC
- aa from prot. breakdown in m.
- Glycerol from TG breakdown in adipose tissue
ALL GET TRANSPORTED THROUGH THE BLOOD TO THE LIVER AND CONVERTED TO GLUCOSE (GLUCONEOGENESIS)
If a rxn has a low Km, it suggests that substrates have a ______ affinity for the enzyme
strong affinity
-Remember Km is half max, so lower Km = gets to half max faster and rxn will go @ lower substrate [ ]