TCA cycle Flashcards
location of TCA cycle?
Mitochondira
Most cells contain how many mitochondria?
500-2,000
Primary role of Mitochondria is?
ATP production via aerobic respiration
What is a common product in the catabolism of carbohydrates (glycolysis), amino acids and fatty acids (B-oxidation)?
Acetyl- CoA
Catabolism?
Breakdown
Anabolism?
Synthesis of molecules
How is TCA a amphibolic pathway?
because it involves both catabolism and anabolism
Acetyl Coa has how many carbons?
2 carbons
Oxaloacetate has how many carbons?
4 carbons
Acetyl- CoA to Citrate. What is released?
CoA is released
Citrate has 6 carbons.
Isocitrate to alpha ketoglutarate
NADH produced
CO2 released
Alpha-keto = 5 carbons
Alpha- ketoglutarate to succinyl-CoA ?
CoA added
CO2 released
NADH produced
Succinyl-CoA = 4 carbons
Succinyl-CoA to Succinate
GTP and CoA released.
Succinate to Fumurate
FADH2 released
Fumurate to malate
H20 added
Malate to Oxaloacetate
NADH produced
energy rich components are added into the TCA cycle where?
Acetyl-CoA is added in the beginning of TCA and succinly-coA.
Oxidative Phosphorylation happens in the?
Inner mitochondrial matrix
Metabolic Fates of Pyruvate.
Pyruvate is reduced to what and with what enzyme?
Reduced to Lactate
via lactate dehydrogenase
Metabolic Fates of Pyruvate
When Pyruvate is oxidative decarboxylation it becomes?
With what enzyme?
Acetyl-CoA
3 carbon to 2 carbon via pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.
Metabolic Fates of Pyruvate.
When Pyruvate is carboxylized it becomes?
with what enzyme?
Pyruvate carboxylase
and it becomes oxalacetate.
Pyruvate is transamination
what does it become via what enzyme?
becomes alanine
via alanine aminotransferase