Week 13 - Unit 3 Flashcards
Substrates for Gluconeogenesis (critical for maintaining blood glucose levels during fasting), include ________, _______, and _______ AA.
Glycerol
Lactate
Gluconeogenic AA
Hormonal regulation (ensure GNG and Glycolysis do not occur at the same time): Gluconeogenesis (GNG) mirrors the reverse of glycolysis except at _____ key steps that are regulated. These enzymes are regulated at the level of _____ and _______ modification.
3
Transcription
Covalent
In integration of GNG and fatty Acid oxidation, GNG is reliant on FA oxidation for both _____ and for _______ that acts to stimulate pyruvate carboxylase. Pathways are tied together.
energy
acetylCoA
GNG will be activated under ______ conditions when _______ levels are high.
Fasting
Glucagon
The pathways for Glycolysis vs. GNG diverge at 3 different locations. The first divergence location for GNG is with the conversion of ______ into ________.
Pyruvate
Phosphophenolpyruvate (PEP)
The enzyme in Glycolysis that converts PEP to Pyruvate is ________ ______ and is irreversible. Therefore in GNG to convert Pyruvate to PEP it uses a series of enzymes including ________ then _________.
Pyruvate Kinase
Pyruvate carboxylase
PEP carboxykinase
The second location that the pathways of Glycolysis and GNG diverge is the conversion of _______ backwards to ________.
Fructose 1,6-Phosphate
Fructose 6-Phosphate
What enzyme will regulate the conversion of Fructose 6-P to Fructose 1,6-P in Glycolysis that is irreversible (GNG cant use the same enzyme)?
Phosphofructokinase -1 (irreversible in Glycolysis )
What enzyme will GNG use to convert Fructose 1,6-P back to Fructose 6-P since it can not use Phosphofructokinase-1(irreversible) ?
Fructose 1,6-Bisphosphatase (removal of phosphate group from Fructose 1,6-P)
What is the third and final step that GNG will diverge from Glycolysis in ?
Conversion of Glucose 6-P back to Glucose
What does glycolysis use to make Glucose into Glucose-6P ? is it irreversible?
Glucokinase (in liver)
Hexokinase (most tissues)
What is the main difference between Glucokinase and Hexokinase?
Glucokinase (in liver- only works at higher glucose concentrations)
Hexokinase (most tissues)
What enzyme will GNG use instead of Gluco/hexokinase to make Glucose 6-P back into Glucose ?
Glucose 6-Phosphatase (only in liver and kidneys, same as one used in Glycogenolysis)
-can move out of cell and into the plasma after phosphate is removed
What are the 4 precursors for GNG ? where are we getting the Carbons to synthesize exogenous Glucose?
Glycerol
Alanine
AA that can funnel into TCA cycle or make Pyruvate
Lactate
In GNG, what will convert Pyruvate into Oxaloacetate (OAA) ?
Pyruvate Carboxylase
In GNG, what will convert OAA into Phosphophenolpyruvate ?
Phosphophenolpyruvate carboxykinase
True or False:
The oxidation of Even chain Fatty Acids (majority of type in body) are not a viable substrate for Gluconeogenesis.
True
The oxidation of Even Chain FA results in the production of what?
Then what oxidizes that product / what is its fate?
Why is this important?
Acetyl CoA
Used up in TCA cycle,
- in its oxidation 2 carbons enter TCA and 2 exit as CO2
- no net Carbons available for GNG
What enzyme will get precursor for GNG lactate converted to pyruvate?
lactate dehydrogenase (reversible) will remove (H+) from Lactate to make Pyruvate
What enzyme will convert Alanine to Pyruvate?
Alanine Aminotransferase
Alanine aminotransferase is ________ and will transfer the amine group(NH3+) to ________ (then turns into glutarate) to then make the _______ that is needed.
reversible
Alpha-keto glutarate
Pyruvate (=O) is where the amine group use to be
What enzyme will convert Glycerol to Glycerol 3-Phosphate in GNG?
Is it reversible?
Glycerol Kinase
not reversible
How do you get the Dihydroxyacetone phosphate needed to combine with Glycerol 3-P to make Fructose 1,6-P ?
Comes from Glycerol that was freed during Lipolysis
2 step reaction- Glycerol Kinase (enzyme) and Glycerol 3-P dehydrogenase (enzyme) used
Is the Glycerol 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase reversible ? (converts Glycerol 3-P to Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate in GNG)
Yes
-involved NAD+ to NADH+ in GNG to make product needed Dihydroxyacetone phosphate
Oxidation of Odd Chain FA is the exception to the FA rule in GNG. Odd chain FA will produce _______ which is then converted into ________ which can enter the TCA cycle as _______. This is the only exception to the rule that oxidation of FA do not contribute substrates to GNG.
Propionyl CoA (from 3 Carbons at omega end of chain)
Methylmalonyl CoA
Succinyl CoA
In first steps of GNG, Pyruvate in the MT is converted to ______ using the enzyme _______ _______ under fasting conditions.
OAA
Pyruvate Carboxylase
Pyruvate Carboxylase requires _______, _______ and ______ to create OAA under fasting conditions in the MT for GNG.
CO2 (added to add a 4th C onto the 3C Pyruvate)
Biotin
ATP
OAA can not be directly shuttled out of MT, it must first be converted to _____ and _______ and then can cross the MT membrane and reconverted to OAA in the cytosol.
Aspartate
Malate
In GNG, once OAA is recombined and out of the MT and in the cytosol , it will be acted on by the enzyme _________ ________ to make Phosphophenolpyruvate.
Phosphophenolpyruvate Carboxykinase
The enzyme Phosphophenolpyruvate carboxykinase will use ________ and release ______ to make PEP from OAA in GNG. (adding Phosphate group)
GTP (takes the P and GDP is released)
CO2
Pyruvate Carboxylase is also activated by ________. This will be important for linking FA oxidation to GNG.
Acetyl CoA
What enzyme converts OAA to Malate in the MT (shuttle system)?
Malate Dehydrogenase ( adding an H+ onto OAA) - it is reversible - if you remove the H+ from Malate by giving it back to NAD+ then you make Oxaloacetate
________ will convert Oxaloacetate to _______ (in MT- not the malate creation , the other one)- will reverse in Cytosol to recreate the OAA
Transaminase
Aspartate
How many carbons does PEP have?
3 Carbons (when it is made from OAA a Carbon is removed as CO2 by PEP Carboxykinase)
___________ _________ will be the enzyme that converts Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate into Fructose 6-P for GNG (bypassing the enzyme __________ from glycolysis that is irreversible)
Fructose 1,6 bisphosphatase
Phosphofructokinase-1
The last diverging step in GNG will be the removal of the phosphate group from Glucose 6-P, in this reaction ________ ______ will remove the Pi and only ______ is generated not ______.
Glucose 6-Phosphatase (in liver and kidneys in ER)- same as used in Glycogenolysis - essential step
Pi
ATP
What are the three critical steps in GNG?
**Each step is regulated and uses different enzymes than in glycolysis
- Conversion of Pyruvate back to PEP
- Conversion of Fructose 1,6-BisP back to Fructose 6-P
- Conversion of Glucose 6-P back to Glucose
The following reaction will generate GNG precursors that can enter directly into GNG, True or False:
Glycerol is converted to Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate in a two step reaction requiring both glycerol kinase and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
True
The following reaction will generate GNG precursors that can enter directly into GNG, True or False:
Fatty Acids are converted to AcetylCoA which is a substrate for GNG.
False
The following reaction will generate GNG precursors that can enter directly into GNG, True or False:
Alanine is converted to pyruvate using alanine aminotranferase.
True - can be directly converted with deamination
The following reaction will generate GNG precursors that can enter directly into GNG, True or False:
Glutamate is converted to alpha-ketoglutarate using glutamate dehydrogenase.
True
-Alpha Ketoglutarate is an intermediate of the TCA cycle , and can be used as substrate for GNG
The following reaction will generate GNG precursors that can enter directly into GNG, True or False:
Propionyl CoA is converted to Succinyl CoA using propionly CoA carboxylase and methylmalonlyl CoA mutase (for use as TCA intermediate)
True - example of odd chain FA usage (even FA not usable)
GNG occurs in Fasted conditions or a ratio of Insulin to Glucagon (I/G) is _________
less than 1 (I/G < 1) - more glucagon than insulin in system
Glucagon increases ________ which one of its roles is to activate ________ ________.
cAMP
Protein Kinase A
Protein Kinase A (activated by glucagon then cAMP) has several purposes including the phosphorylation and INACTIVATION of what 3 things?
- Pyruvate kinase
- Glycogen synthase
- Phosphofructose kinase 2
Protein Kinase A (activated by glucagon then cAMP) has several purposes including the phosphorylation and ACTIVATION of what 2 enzymes required for fasted state ?
- Glycogen Phosphorylase kinase
2. Hormone sensitive lipase (epinephrine)