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In the malate aspartate shuttle, glutamate is converted to ______ in the mitochondria while aspartate is converted to _____ in the cytosol.

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Alpha-ketoglutarate

Oxaloacetate

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What compound is used to move the reducing equivalents for NADH from cytosol to mitochondria?

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Malate

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Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase catalyzes a reaction that results in which of the following results?

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Phosphorylation and inactivation of E1 subunit of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex

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All of the following stimulate the release of insulin except:
AA
epinephrine
Glucose

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Epinephrine (counter regulatory hormone)

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The last cytochrome in the ETC , cytochrome oxidase, passes electrons to O2. It can do this beacuse?

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It has a lower Km for oxygen then hemoglobin

- allows it to “pull” the Oxygen from hemoglobin/myoglobin

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How many electrons can the last cytochrome in ETC collect for the reduction of oxygen?

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4 electrons

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The reduction of NAD+ is often coupled to the oxidation of an alcohol. In this reaction NAD+ obtains what from the oxidized compound?

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Two electrons as hydride ion

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A pyruvate carboxylase deficiency will lead to lactic academia due to what in the mitochondira?

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Accumulation of Acetyl-CoA will inhibit the Pyruvate Dehydrogenase so Pyruvate accumulates and turns into lactic acid
-due to lack of oxaloacetate avaliable for TCA and acetyl-CoA

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What is the description of the Km and the Vmax of phosphofructokinase-1 in the presence of AMP?

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Km is decreased

No change in Vmax

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Hydrogen peroxide is generated through what reaction?

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Oxidation of a very-long chain acyl CoA

-inside perioxisomes

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After oxidation of odd-chain fatty acids, carbon atoms of the fatty acids would be found in what?

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Liver and kidneys

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The driving force for the citrate synthase reaction, with its large negative Delta G, is what?

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Hydrolysis of a high-energy thioester bond

(H20 used to cleave the thioester bond in Aceytl-CoA

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The TCA cycle is deemed “cyclic” because of the utilization and regeneration of what?

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Oxaloacetate

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What is used as a substrate by Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase

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CoAsh

makes Succinyl Co-A

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What two compounds are used to transport reducing equivalents across the inner mitochondrial membrane?

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Malate and Glycerol-3-P

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A freshly prepared mitochondrial suspension is treated with antimycin A. Oxygen and malate are then added to the mixture. After 5 minutes, which components of the electron transfer chain are reduced?

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Antimycin A blocks electron flow from Complex III to cytochrome C

Complex 1, CoQ, and complex III are reduced and the complexes after them are oxidized

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CO2 production by the TCA cycle would be increased to the greatest extent by a genetic abnormality that resulted in what?

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A 50% increase in the concentration of ADP in matrix

ADP is an activator of isocitrate dehydrogenase, which would speed up this reaction and increase flux

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Cytochrome c transfers electrons between which of the following ?

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Complex III (b-c1) to Complex IV (cytochrome c oxidase)

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The formation of double bonds is most commonly coupled to the reduction of _____ because it can accept two electron donors. ____ is usually coupled with the oxidation of alcohols as it can accept one electron donor.

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FAD

NAD+

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Mechanical work is best described as the conversion of a high energy bond, such as that in an ATP bond, to instigate a ….?

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conformational change in a protein

ex: energy required to change the conformation of hemoglobin

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The addition of Dinitrophenol (DNT) to the ETC will lead to an increase in O2 consumption, this is an example of ?

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Uncoupler

-dissipating the proton gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane, can not make ATP

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Uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation results in increased ______ consumption and heat production as electron flow and proton pumping attempt to maintain the electrochemical gradient.

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Oxygen

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This uncoupling protein is found in brown fat and specialized for nonshivering thermogenesis?

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Thermogenin

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The lower Km for oxygen allows _______ ______ to “pull” oxygen from myoglobin and hemoglobin, additionally it is bound to copper ions that allows for the collection of ____ electrons required for the reduction of oxygen.

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cytochrome oxidase

4 (electrons)

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In the case of an exothermic reaction, what would Delta G0 be ?
Negative (spontaneous)
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Delta S is the change in _____ or an increase in disorder, this value is often negligible.
Entropy (increase in disorder)
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Delta H is the change in ____, or heat content.
Enthalpy
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1. What is Delta G?
Change in gibbs free energy (can be influenced by concentration of substrates and products, temp, pH, and pressure
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What is Delta G0?
Energy change starting at concentration of 1M of each product and substrate (different than Delta G0')
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What is Delta G0' ?
The value for Delta G0 (1M of substrate and product) under standard conditions (25C and pH=7.0)
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What does this mean in words: | Delta G = Delta H - T(Delta S)
Change in Gibbs free energy = | Change in enthalpy minus the absolute temperature multiplied by the change in entropy (increase in disorder)
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The release of insulin from the pancreatic B-cells is mediated by what process related to calcium?
Increase in intracellular calcium
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Insulin stimulates fatty acid synthesis in the liver. These fatty acids are transported to the adipose tissue as ?
VLDL particles
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Insulin stimulates all of the following pathways except: 1. AA catabolism 2. Fatty acid synthesis 3. Glycogen synthesis 4. Glycolysis
1. AA catabolism - Cortisol is responsible for mobilization of AA from muscle - Insulin is an anabolic hormone not catabolic
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Which GLUT transporter is an insulin insensitive GLUT transporter found primarily on the liver? 1. GLUT 1 2. GLUT 2 3. GLUT 3 4. GLUT 4
GLUT 2 -also in kidney, pancreatic B-cell intestinal mucosa
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Where are GLUT 1 transporters found?
-Blood-brain barrier -Blood-retinal barrier -Blood (barriers) Human Erythrocyte
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Where are GLUT 3 transporters found?
Brain (neurons)- high affinity
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Where are GLUT 4 transporters found?
Adipose Skeletal Heart muscle (insulin sensitive- # will increase in presence of insulin)- high affinity
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Where are GLUT 5 transporters found? What makes it different from all the other GLUT transporters?
Intestinal epithelium Spermatozoa -ACTUALLY a fructose transporter
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What are the main strongly Negative Delta G reactions in TCA?
1. Acetyl CoA to citrate 2. Isocitrate to A-KetoGlut 3. A-KetoGLut to Succinyl CoA
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Malate generated by the TCA cycle can be used as a substrate for what process?
Gluconeogenesis
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Succinyl CoA generated by the TCA cycle can be used as substrate for what process?
Heme Synthesis
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Citrate generated by the TCA cycle can be used as a substrate for what process?
Fatty Acid Synthesis
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What two things can Alpha Keto-Glutarate generated by the TCA cycle be used for as a substrate?
AA synthesis Neurotransmitters (Glutamate)- (GABA)
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What 2 BCCA will contribute to the anapleurotic production of Propionyl CoA?
Valine Isoleucine
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What two things will produce Oxaloacetate in Anapleurotic reactions?
Asparate Pyruvate (by Pyruvate Carboxylase that is activated by Acetyl-CoA)
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What are the two most regulated enzymes in TCA ?
Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Alpha-Keto Glutarate Dehydrogenase
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At physiological pH (7.4) carboxylic acids (COOH containing acids) are :
approx 100% dissociated | -pKa of most carboxylic acids is between 2 and 5 so at 7.4pH these acids are nearly fully dissociated
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Hemoglobin bound to heme is termed a ______.
Holoprotein
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The heme porphyrin ring is required for oxygen binding and it is termed a ?
Prosthetic group
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What does a lyase do ?
catalyzes the breaking of various chemical bonds by means other than hydrolysis and oxidation -often forms new double bond or ring structures
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What type of inhibitor best is described by increasing the Km but does not change the Vmax?
A competitive inhibitor
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What inhibitor will decrease the Vmax but have no effect on the Km?
Non-competitive inhibitor | does not interfere with substrate binding
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Does covalent modification (such as phosphorylation) impact Km or Vmax (kinetics)?
No | -changes enzyme activity by making it active or inactive
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What inhibitor will increase Km AND decrease Vmax?
Allosteric inhibitor | competitive inhibitor will only increase Km and not effect Vmax
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The activity of an enzyme is increased when the enzyme is phosphorylated on an exposed tyrosine residue. Phosphorylation of the AA is classified by what ?
Covalent modification
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What is Protein ubiquitination?
Ubiquitin covalently bonds to proteins to target them for degradation by Proteasome (proteolysis- breaking peptide bonds)
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What is an example of a serine threonine kinase receptor?
TGF-beta receptor -Smad proteins are phosphorylated and activated downstream
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In pyrimidine synthesis, uracil can feedback and inhibit what enzyme ?
Carbamoyl phosphate synthase II
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A nucleoside contains a ?
nucleobase and a sugar
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A nucleotide contains a ?
Nucleobase, sugar, phosphate (all 3)
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What are the two first required substrates for the synthesis of purines?
PRPP (5-phosphoribosylpyrophosphate) Glutamine
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In the salvage of purines, Hypoxantine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase is responsible for converting?
Guanine to Guanosine Monophosphate (GMP) Hypoxanthine to Inosine Monophosphate (IMP) PRPP is required for the Pi
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Hypoxanthine is converted to xanthine by what ?
xanthine oxidase
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What is Lesch Nyhan disease caused by ?
X-linked mutation inherited - deficiency of enzyme HGPRT (rare) - impaired kidney function, acute gouty arthritis, self-harm, neurological impairment
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How is Lesch Nyhan syndrome treated?
Drug allopurinol (purine analog) used to control excessive amounts of uric acid (no effect on neurologic or behavior problems)
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What does Xanthine oxidase do ?
catalyze: oxidation of hypoxanthine to xanthine then oxidation of xanthine to uric acid (toxic)
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Histone acetylation has what impact on the super structure of DNA?
Decreases the association of DNA and histones (decreases positive charge on lysine within histones. DNA is negatively charged)
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DNA joining complexes utilize which class of histones?
H1 | H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 are all used as nucleosome cores for histones
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Which polymerase is responsible for removing RNA primers during DNA replication?
RNaseH (eukaryotes) or Polymerase 1 (prokaryotes)
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Histones have an abundance of what 2 AA?
Lysine (positive) Arginine (positive)
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1. What enzyme will remove supercoil twists into circular DNA? 2. What will seperate the DNA strand?
Topoisomerases Helicase
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Which DNA polymerase is the primary and which is the one that reads the fragments?
DNA poly III = primary DNA poly 1 = reads okazaki fragments
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DNA Polymerase will only read DNA in what direction? | synthesize nucleotides in what direction?
Reads: 3' to 5' Synthesizes: 5' to 3' (because Polymerase can only act on 3'-OH to add free nucleotides)
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DNA damage resulting in large bulky distortions of the DNA helix are repaired by what mechanism?
Nucleotide excision repair (very important function)
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DNA damage of small areas are repaired by what?
Base excision repair
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When is Homologous repair used typically in DNA repair?
Nucleotide sequences are exchanged between two similar or identical molecules of DNA -harmful breaks on BOTH strands of DNA (double-strand breaks)
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What is added to the 3' end of many eukaryotic tRNA's after transcription and is required for the ability of the tRNA to carry AA?
Trinucleotide CCA
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What is the eukaryotic equivalent of the prokaryotic Prinbow box?
Goldstein-Hogness (TATA) box
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What are the three different blotting techniques and what is each one used to evaluate?
Northern blot-RNA Southern blot-DNA Western blot -Protein
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In Electrophoresis, DNA segregate based on molecular weight and charge, what does that mean for the small fragments?
Small fragments travel furthest toward the far end positive electrode (DNA is negatively charged)
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Synthesis of tyrosine requires which what vitamins or cofactors?
(BH4) Tetrahydrobiopterin | -required for ring hydroxylation reactions
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What does Phenylalanine hydroxylase do ?
Converts Phenylalanine to Tyrosine - addition of OH group(hydroxyl) - requires BH4 cofactor
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What happens if a deficiency of Phenylalanine hydroxylase ?
Inherited disease variable severity | -most severe=phenylketonuris(PKU)- sever mental retardation, microencephaly
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Classical PKU is an ______ recessive disorder, with defiiency of what enzyme (needs rr) that causes ?
autosomal Phenylalanine hydroxylase Accumulation of Phenylalanine in blood and brain (can't be converted to Tyrosine- precursor for neurotransmitters)
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PKU can present due to what two causes ?
``` BH4 (tetrahydrobiopterin) deficiency or Phenylalanine hydroxylase (classic PKU-more severe) ```
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Metabolism of glycine requires what vitamin or cofactor?
Tetrahydrofolate (THF)
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All transamination reactions require what vitamin or cofactor?
Pyridoxal Phosphate (PLP)
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Ketogenic AA are metabolized to which of the following compounds: 1. Oxaloacetate 2. Acetyl-CoA 3. Pyruvate 4. Fumarate
Acetyl-CoA -if AA is fully metabolized to AcetylCoA it does not provide excess carbons to generate glucose through gluconeogenesis
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What are Glucogenic AA metabolized to ?
Glucose | Ketogenic will make Acetyl-coA
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Who has higher Km and Vmax, Glucokinase(liver) or Hexokinase? What is Glucokinase associated with?
Glucokinase has Km about 100 times higher and a higher Vmax than Hexokinase - Glucokinase with GLUT2 transporters and regulation of Insulin release - can handle large amounts of Glucose in blood without over or under-reacting
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Where does NADH regulate Glycolysis and how?
NADH will allosterically inhibit Pyruvate Dehydrogenase complex in the Mitochondria (reduces conversion of Pyruvate to AcetylCoA)
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Where does Fructose-2,6 BisP regluate Glycolysis ?
It activates and increased the activity of Phosphofructokinase 1 enzyme -will increase conversion of Fructose 6-P to Fructose 1,6 BisP
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Where does Fructose 1,6 BisP regulate Glycolysis ?
ONLY IN LIVER - increased activity of Pyruvate Kinase | - increased conversion of PEP to Pyruvate
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How does AMP influence Glycogen and Glycolysis ?
Muscles contract- ATP to ADP Adenylate Kinase -ADP to AMP AMP will directly stimulate glycogenolysis to provide fuel - allosterically activates Glycogen phosphorylase b into phosphorylase a (active) AMP stimulates glycolysis by activating phosphofructokinase-1

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