Sugars and Shunts and Shuttles Flashcards
Name the monosaccharides
Glucose, Galactose, Fructose
What is the purpose of monosaccharides
Form di, oligo, polysaccharides
What is the most important dietary carb
Free monosacchardies, which are not abundant in the diet
What is the preferred form of sugar for absorption?
Monosaccharide. Poly and Di-saccharides hydrolyzed to monosaccharides
What hydrolyzes di- and poly-saccharides?
Carbohydrases in intestinal lumina
Name the di-saccharides
Maltose, Sucrose, Lactose
What is maltose
Glucose + Glucose a-1,4 linkage
What is sucrose
Fructose + Glucose
What is lactose
Galactose + Glucose B-1,4 linkage
Where does digestion of diasaccharides take place
Upper GI
What hydrolyzes maltose?
Maltase
What occurs after maltose is hydrolyzed?
2 glucose moelcles enter the glycolysis cycle
What does glucokinase enzyme trigger?
GLycogen synthesis (liver)
What does hexokinase enzyme trigger?
Glycolysis (cytoplasm)
What enzyme hydrolyzes sucrose?
Sucrase
Where is the majority of fructose metabolized?
Major pathway: liver
Minor pathway: muscle
How is fructose metabolized?
Fructose fructokinase -> Fructose 1 phosphate -> Aldolase B -> DHAP + Glyceraldehyde glyceraldehyde kinase -> Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate -> glycolysis
What are the properties of fructokinase?
Low Km (high affinity), will not phosphorylate glucose, is not affected by starvation or insulin (fructose removed from diabetic patients at normal rate)
Should fructose be given to diabetic patients to replenish carbohydrate scores?
No, the removal of fructose is slow and accumulation of fructose will lead to cataracts (accumulation in lens).
In diabetic patients, glucose is also converted to fructose via the sorbitol pathway resulting in excess fructose -> cataracts
What is the minor route of fructose metabolism?
In muscle, hexokinase can phosphorylate fructose to fructose 6 phosphate
What hydrolyzes lactose?
Lactase
How is galactose metabolized?
Galactose galactokinase -> Galactose 1 phosphate galactose 1 phosphate uridyl transferase -> GLucose 1 Phosphate phosphoglucomutase -> Glucose 6 phosphate