Unit 4: Chapter 19 Flashcards
Each acetyl CoA enters citric acid cycle to become oxidized and loses _____ as ____
2 carbon; 2 CO2
First stage of Citric Acid cycle
- 2 carbons are introduced into the cycle by condensation of an acetyl group with a 4 carbon compound, oxaloacetate to produce 6 carbon compound of citrate
- Citrate undergoes 2 oxidative decarboxylations to releas 2 CO2
Second stage of citric acid cycle
Oxaloacetate regenerated
Both stages of citric acid cycle generate
High energy electrons that are used to power the synthesis of ATP in oxidative phosphorylation
Cellular Respiration
Glucose –> 2 pyruvate (glycolysis) –> CO2 + 2 acetyl CoA (when O2 available in mitochondria –> lose CO2 (citric acid cycle)
REMINDER: acetyl CoA can be made from glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids
Citric acid cycle produces NADH and FADH2 which is important:
- Have the power to generate ATP in later stages up to 9 ATP
- NADH = 2.5 ATP
- FADH2 = 1.5 ATP
True or False: Acetyl CoA is just produced by just glucose
False: Acetyl CoA can be produced from glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids
Where is location of Acetyl CoA formation/ pyruvate dehydrogenase complex?
Mitochondrial Matrix
Where is location of citric acid cycle?
Mitochondrial Matrix
Where is location of electron transport chian, proton pump, and ATP synthesis?
Intermembrane mitochondria
Electron Transport Chain
Membrane protein embedded in the inner mitochondria membrnae
Step 1 of Citric Acid Cycle
- Citrate synthase catalyzes condensation of oxaloacetate (4 carbon) and acetyl CoA (2 carbon) to form citryl CoA intermediate (thioester bond)
- Citryl CoA is cleaved with water to make citrate (6 carbon) and releases CoA
- Irreversible reaction
- Very negative ΔG°’
Why is step 1 of citric acid cyle irreversible reaction?
Due to thioester bond in acetyl CoA which is very high energy bond to drive reaction
Synthase
enzyme that catalyzes synthetic reaction in which two units are joined usually without the direct participation of ATP or other NTP
Citrate Synthase
- Catalyzes step 1 of citric acid cycle
- Exhibits induced fit
- Binds to oxaloacetate and conformational change occurs for formation of binding site for acetyl CoA
Formation of reaction intermediate in step 1 ______ causes a structural change that completes active site formation
Citryl CoA
Aconitase
- Catalyzes formation of isocitrate from citrate
- Switches H and OH location in order for clevage to occur and CO2 to be removed
- Tertiary alcohol to secondary alcohol
- Shuts down citric acid cycle and cellular respiration –> role as pesticide
Step 2 of citric acid cycle
- Aconitase catalyzes isomerization of citrate to isocitrate
- location of H and OH switch
Aconitase is inhibited by
metabolite of fluroacetate which acts as suicide/ irreversible inhibitor
Fluroacetate
Suicide/ irreversible inhibitor
Found in floweering plants
When ingested, turns into fluroacetyl COA which reacts with citrate to form flurocitrate
What enzyme shuts down citric acid cycle and cellular respiration and acts as pesticide?
Aconitase