Valenick Carb Metabolism III Flashcards
How does lactose get to glucose metabolism?
broken down into galactose and glucose
How does sucrose get to glucose metabolism?
broken down into fructose and glucose
How does trehalose get to glucose metabolism?
broken down into 2 glucose molecules
Which can enter glycolysis; disaccharides or monosaccharides?
monosaccharides
Which monosaccharides can enter glycolysis and at which step?
fructose-> DHAP or G3P
galactose-> G6P
mannose -> F6P
(blank) comes mostly in the form of dissachride sucrose and tastes sweeter than glucose. It is less rapidly absorbed in the intestine but more rapidly metabolized. Most is phosphorylated in the liver (50%) kidneys, intestines andmuscle
fructose
Is fructose 1 phosphate a glycolytic intermediate? why is this a problem?
HOw can we solve this?
no
Often times fructose will become phosphorylated turning into F1P, since this cannot by glycolyzed, it will build up; especially because this conversion is super quick and the conversion to fix this into a usable intermediate is very slow
Via Fructose 1-phosphate aldose-> F1P into Glyceraldhyde and dihydroxyacetone phosphate
What does fructokinase do?
converts fructose to F1P
Why does the liver metabolize fructose faster than glucose?
Fructose bypasses the rate limiting steps of glucokinase and PFK reactions. In addition fructose is converted to F1P which stimulated pyruvate kinase and glucokinase.
Natural foods contain fructose together with glucose, why is this good.
Because fructose stimlates glycogensynthase and helps glucose become glycogen
What does F1P in the liver inhibit?
phosphohexose isomerase
aldolase
glycogen phosphorylase
What does F1P in the liver stimulate?
glucokinase and pyruvate kinase
What results in nausea, vomiting, hypoglycemia after meals containg fructose or sucrose, liver damage?
intolerance from aldolase B mutation
intolerance ffrom F1,6 bisphosphatase mutation (but have fasting hypoglycemia i.e cant do gluconeogenesis)
excess (blank) is toxic
fructose
Explain how fructose is metabolized in the liver
fructose -> F1P accumulates-> eventually conversation to DHAP and G3P
This happens due to low Km of hexokinase
Explain how fructose is metabolized in the muscle
Fructose is converted to F6P via hexokinase and enters glycolysis and enters at the regulated step PFK1 so it doesnt bypass this step like it does in the liver, i.e. it is better regulated in the muscle : )
Muscle has high Km for hexokinase
Why is eating a lot of fructose bad?
F1P accumulates in liver
Phosphate is tied up at slow aldolase reaction
lack of phosphate impairs oxidative phosphorylation
lactate accumulates
increase H+ can cause liver damage
build up of G6P increases uric acid conc.
Why was fructose once considered better than glucose?
because it bypassed the insulin depndent PFK reaction, however they soon realized fructose caused liver damage :(
How is galactose metabolized?
it is converted to galactose 1 phosphate via ATP
What does UDP galactose make?
glycolipids
glycoproteins
proteoglycans
What is this:
galactose 1-phosphate accumulates, liver damage, vomiting after eating, ties up Pi.
Mental deficiency develops.
Classic Galactosemia Type 1
(blank) is a relatively benign condition leading to elevated blood galactose levels after consumption of milk and milk products. Cataracts (clouding of the lens) occasionally develop in those who consume milk despite their enzyme deficiency.
galactokinase deficiency
Most dietary galactose is metabolized in (blank) and (blank)
liver and intestinal mucosa
The galactose pathway amounts to the ATP-dependent conversion of (UDP galactose) galactose-1-phosphate to (UDP glucose) glucose-1-phosphate. Because of its reversibility, the epimerase reaction is also a source of (blank) for the synthesis of glycolipids, glycoproteins, and proteoglycans.
UDP-galactose
Explain how galactose is broken down
Galactokinase phosphorylates galactose to galactose-1-phosphate, which then reacts with UDP-glucose to form UDP-galactose. UDP-galactose is epimerized to UDP-glucose.
Why can galactosemia cause cataracts?
galactose gets reduced to galacitol in the lens
instead of glucose becoming fructose
What is this:
galactose 1-phosphate accumulates causing vomiting after eating, liver damage and within weeks mental deficiency and cataracts develops.
galactosemia
Many tissues (seminal vesicles, lens, retina, blood vessels and peripheral nerves) can synthesize fructose via the (blank) using fructose as a primary energy source. (Protective, as bacteria prefer glucose.)
polyol pathway
What is the polyol pathway?
glucose->sorbitol->fructose
WHere do you see galactosemia Type 2?
Type 1 GALT (classic galactosemia)?
GALE deficiency Type 3?
galactokinase issues
galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase issues
UDP galactose 4 epimerase issues