week 2 - lectures 3,4 Flashcards
describe competitive inhibition
- inhibitor mimics substrate and binds to active site
- Vmax is the same
- overcome by increasing substrate concentration
describe non competitive inhibition
- allosteric inhibition
- inhibitor binds to allosteric site
- inhibitor is structurally different from substrate
- change in enzyme conformation
- reduced ability to form product and sometimes to bind substrate
- Vmax is lowered
describe feedback inhibition and give an ex
non competitive inhibition
ex: citrate inhibits PFK in glycolysis
describe postive feedback
when a product activates an enzyme upstream of the metabolic pathway to continue producing this product in greater amounts
describe allosteric enzymes and give an ex
not an MM enzyme
multiple subunits/polypeptides/active sites per enzyme - quaternary structure
exists in active and inactive forms
substrate binding is cooperative (one substrate binding helps the other too)
ex: phosphofructokinase (PFK)
describe irreversible inhibition and give an ex
chemical capable of reacting covalently with amino acid residues at active site or elsewhere - destroys enzyme
also can occur if non covalent binding is so strong that it is irreversible
ex= penicillin inhibits formation of bacteria cell wall
what type of reaction is cellular respiration
redox reaction
describe redox reactions
catabolic, exergonic
electron donor is oxidized and electron acceptor is reduced
electrons lose energy and become lower energy electrons
describe the components of a redox reaction
reducing agent (e- donor)
oxidizing agent (e- acceptor)
oxidized form (“e- donor”)
reduced form (low energy e-, e- acceptor)
state overall cellular respiration equation
drop in free energy from glucose —> G3P —> pyruvate —> acetylcoA —> CO2
C6H12O6 + 6O2 —> 6CO2 + 6 H2O + energy
describe cellular respiration equation
glucose = high energy electrons, reducing agent
oxygen = electron acceptor, strong oxidizing agent
glucose to CO2 (oxidized) = oxidation
oxygen to water (reduced, low energy electron acceptor) = reduction
how many electrons transferred during CR
24
how many atps produced from cr
30-32 atps
describe the exergonic aspect of cr
ΔG<0
ΔG* = -686kcal/mol glucose
ΔG* = 7.3kcal/mol atp synthesized
much energy lost by heat (should make 93 atps but only makes 30-32), approx 60% energy converted to heat
describe first step of cellular respiration
10 steps linear
complete oxidation of glucose by aerobic respiration
occurs in cytoplasm
converts glucose (6C) to 2 pyruvates (2x3C)
describe step 2 of cellular respiration
acetyl coa formation = pyruvate oxidation
occurs in matrix of mitochondria
oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate (3C) to form acetyl coa (2C) x2
state net production of acetyl coa formation
2 NADH and 2CO2 (per glucose)
state net production of glycolysis
net production of 2 atp by substrate level phosphorylation (slp) and 2 NADH (per glucose)
what is step 3 of cellular respiration
8 steps circular
citric acid / kreb cycle
multi step reactions
occur in matrix
complete oxidative decarboxylation of acetyl coa