MCDB 110 MT 2

Linkage point for glycogen

alpha (1-->6)

Role of non reducing end of glucose

Breakdowns quickly, useful for rapid release of energy

Chitin

Unbranched repeating GlcNac
Strong material

EX of Glycosaminoglycans

Hyaluronic acid

Role of hyaluronic acid

fluid of joints, viscous solution, major component of cartilage

Proteoglycans

brings together chains of hyaluronic acid and chains coming off of glycosaminoglycan
Used in cartilage

What are biological processes thermodynamically driven by

All reactions favored by lowest energy state, maximum randomness

What is enthalpy

heat change @ constant pressure

Units of enthalpy

J/mol

Exothermic reaction and enthalpy sign

negative

What is entropy

Degree of randomness

Units of entropy

cal/K mol

What does T(delta)S measure

charge in randomness

What does (delta)S mean

increase in randomness

What is the second law of thermodynamics

change in entropy ? 0 for the universe

Equation for ?H

?H = ?E + P?V

What does enthalpy quantify?

Tendency to form bonds

Conversion of calories to joule

1 cal = 4.18 J

What does a positive ?S mean

increase in randomness

Why do free AA become folded polypeptides even though decreased randomness?

The universe has an overall increase in randomness and release heat

?G equation

?G = ?H = T?S

Sign of ?G predicts spontaneity

positive = endergonic, reverse reaction favored
negative = exergonic, forward reaction favored

Relationship between spontaneity and rate

no relation

Exergonic

flow of energy from system to the surrounding

Endergonic

flow of energy from surrounding into system

?G� standard conditions

[reactants] and [products] = 1M
gases 1 atm
Temperature = 298K

Functions of biological membranes

Selective permeability barrier
Organize complex reactions
Intracellular compartmentalization
Sensory transduction/amplification

4 things that make up liquid composition of membranes

P-lipid, sterol, sphingolipid, glycolipid

What do wedge shaped fatty acids form

micelles

What do cylindrical membrane lipids form

vesicles (lipid bi-layer)

Be able to recognize ATP and why it is important | Know part where chemistry happens

Adenine base, nitrogenous base, know bond names too

What leads to spontaneous assembly

hydrophobic interactions
VdW interactions
H-bonds

Important properties of membranes

self-sealing
highly impermeable to polar or charged molecules

Function of membrane proteins

some enzymes, permeases, ion channels, cell surface recognition, receptors for hormones

Role of permeases

uptake of metabolites

Integral membrane protein

embedded in lipid bilayer

how do you remove integral membrane proteins

detergent

What hold integral membrane proteins inside membrane.

held in membrane by hydrophobic interactions

Where are peripheral membrane proteins found

loosely bound to external portion of membrane

How do you remove peripheral membrane protein

high salt, urea

How is liquid anchored

peripheral but covalently bound to a membrane liquid

Fluid Mosaic Model of Membranes

integral proteins --> icebergs floating in 2D lipid sea
Fluid structure (though some proteins are immobile or have restricted movement)

Evidence of fluid mosaic model of membranes

lipids diffuse rapidly
Integral membrane proteins diffuse rapidly

Why a high energy of hydrolysis of phosphoanhydride bonds

electrostatic repulsion between O
Resonance stabilization of products
Ionization stabilization
Greater solvation of products

~P

high energy P

Phosphate group transfer potential

high energy vs low energy
ATP is in the middle (must donate and receive ~P)
?G of ATP hydrolysis differs from ?G� in a cell

Maintenance of asymmetry of membranes

Transverse diffusion of lipids is very slow
Transmembrane proteins do not flip

Factors affecting membrane fluidity

Degree of saturation
Length of fatty acid tail
Sterol content

Saturation :: Fluidity

Increase saturation = decrease fluidity

Length of tail :: Fluidity

Increase length of tail = decrease fluidity

Sterols at high temperature

Decrease fluidity, rigid sterol molecule restricts movement of lipid tails --> decreased permeability

Sterols at low temperature

Increase fluidity
Sterol prevents crystallization of membrane by blocking interactions between tails

Why is PEP energetic?

Take off ~P to form enol form which can tautomerize to keto form (more stable)
So direction always being driven to the right

1,3-bis-phosphoglycerate

Split ~P --> ionize new carboxyl group so resonance stabilization happens to stabilize products

What is the advantage of using
ATP over pyrophosphate as a major carrier of energy for a cell?

ATP is used over pyrophosphate because its more complex structure allows it to bind enzymes in multiple ways

What does phosphate group transfer potentials refer to>

Change in free energy that results in a reaction in which a phosphate bond is broken

What does comparing the values of phosphorylated compounds yield?

Information as to which ones may be useful to couple to spontaneous reactions

Why are metabolites phosphorylated?

The addition of this charged group retains the compound in the cell
The higher energy bond lowers the activation energy
Can be used to make ATP via substrate level phosphorylation

What does substrate level phosphorylation?

Transfer of a phosphate group from a metabolic intermediate to ADP directly through an enzymatic pathway

What is the non-catabolic function of glycolysis?

Production of substrates needed for anabolic reactions

If one function of glycolysis is to obtain energy in catabolism, why is ATP consumed in the first half of the pathway?

ATP is consumed in the first part of the pathway to prime the sugars so they can be broken down later into high energy compounds capable of producing more ATP than is initially used.

Given that many steps of glycolysis have an unfavorable (positive) ?G, why does glycolysis proceed in the cell when all enzymes are active?

Glycolysis proceeds because the products of the reactions are reactants in the next step in the pathway and are always kept at low levels. By the Law of Mass Action or Le Chatlier's principle, this drives reactions forward

What step in glycolysis commits metabolized glucose to the glycolytic pathway?

The non-catabolic function of glycolysis is the production of substrates needed for
anabolic reactions.

What is the key enzyme and how it is positively and negatively regulated? Normally a
regulated enzyme is inhibited by a downstream product; however, one of the allosteric
inhibitors of this enzyme is actually a substrate for the enzyme. Explain this appar

ATP is consumed in the first part of the pathway to prime the sugars so they can be
broken down later into high energy compounds capable of producing more ATP than is
initially used. Glycolysis proceeds because the products of the reactions are reactants

What is channeling and how does it increase the efficiency of glycolysis within a cell?

Metabolite channeling�some glycolytic enzymes associate with each other in a cell. It
increases the efficiency of glycolysis because the products of one enzymatic reaction are
very close to the next glycolytic enzyme. Chemically labile reactants are prote

What is the important functional difference between NADH and NADPH? Why do
these two different forms exist in cells?

NADPH is primarily used in anabolism. NADH is primarily used in catabolism. They
both exist in cells because even though they both act as electron acceptors and
donors,they serve different pathways, and because they are differentially recognized, this
all

Under what circumstances and why do some cells carry out fermentation?

Cells carry out fermentation under anaerobic conditions to regenerate NAD+. This
results in the rapid output of energy, because NAD+
quickly becomes available for
reduction to NADH

What needs of a cell can be provided by the pentose phosphate pathway? Which of
these cannot be provided by glycolysis?

The pentose phosphate pathway is primarily anabolic- it produces metabolic
precursors.
Some products that cannot be provided by glycolysis are NADPH, ribose-5-phosphate,
and erythrose-4-phosphate.

What do you suppose is the rationale that some athletes use in eating a high carbohydrate meal the evening before an event?

They hope to increase readily available energy stores by the breakdown of
carbohydrates through glycolysis and the TCA cycle.

Depending on the organism, sucrose can be cleaved to monosaccharides by either
hydrolysis (using the enzyme sucrase) or phosphorolysis (using sucrose phosphorylase).
(The latter is analogous to the reaction catalyzed by glycogen phosphorylase.) Calculate

First of all, since the conversion of pyruvate to ethanol does not yield any ATP, we
only need to be concerned with getting to pyruvate.
Using Sucrase:
1. Enzyme produces: glucose + fructose
2. To get to Fructose-1,6-bP takes: 4 ATP
3. Yield from rest of

If it were possible to label glucose with the radioisotope 14C at any position or combination of positions, which form or forms of labeled glucose would give the most radioactivity in CO2 and the least in ethanol when anaerobically catabolized? Which
labe

The carbon in the CO2 that is liberated in fermentation comes from the carboxylic
acid on pyruvate, which is either C3 or C4 from glucose. Labeling either of these carbons
would give the most radioactivity in CO2, and labeling any of the other carbons wou

had a final alcohol concentration of only1 0% (10 g / 100 ml). A good chardonnay usually has about 12-13% ethanol. What was the molar concentration of glucose or its equivalent in the initial grape juice before yeast was added? How many moles of sucrose p

The molecular weight of ethanol is 46. So a solution that is 10g/100ml of ethanol has
a concentration of (10/46)/0.1 L = 2.17 M. Because 1 glucose yields 2 ethanol, the starting concentration of glucose is half the final concentration of ethanol, or 1.085

. Given:
glucose ? 2 ethanol + 2 CO2
?Go' = -229 kJ / mol
glucose + 6 O2 ?6 CO2 + 2 H2O ?Go' = -2870 kJ / mol
ATP ? ADP + Pi
?Go' = -30.5 kJ / mol
Calculate the number of moles of ATP that could in principle be synthesized by the conversion of one mole of

The energy from one mole of ethanol is -2641/2 = -1320.5 kJ/mol. At 44% efficiency,
that energy value is reduced to 0.44 x (-1320.5) = -581 kJ/mol.
The number of ATP that would make is 581/30.5 = 19 ATP per ethanol, which is more
than the 15 ATP one gets

a) If the C-1 carbon of glucose were labeled with a 14C radioisotope and the
labeled glucose allowed to undergo glycolysis, which carbon atom on pyruvate would be
labeled? Why? b) Answer the same questions if the C-4 carbon were labeled.

a. C-3, the methyl carbon, on pyruvate would be labeled.
b. C-1, the carboxylic carbon, on pyruvate would be labeled.
The six carbons of glucose can be followed through glycolysis to see which carbons end
up where in the products. When fructose-1,6-bP get

Substrate level phosphorylation

Direct transfer of Pi from compound to ADP

Catabolism

Breakdown, energy yielding

Anabolism

Synthesis, energy requiring

Pathway

sequence of enzymatically catalyzed reactions

How many enzymes are in glycolysis?

10

What is the net reaction of glycolysis

Glucose + 2ADP + NAD+ + 2Pi ==> 2Pyruvate + 2ATP + 2NADH

What happens at the first stage of glycolysis

Priming and Splitting Reactions
1st Priming: Glucose + ATP --> Glucose-6-Phosphate + ADP
2nd Priming: Fructose-6-phosphate + ATP --> Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate
Splitting: Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate --> Glyceraldehyde-3-phsophate + Dihydroxyacetone phosphate

Reaction 1: Hexokinase what is the feedback inhibitor

Glucose-6-Phosphate

Regulated steps are highly

Exergonic

Why P'd Intermediates for glycolysis?

Retains in cell (charged)
Specificity of reaction: lower activation energy
Used to make ATP

Reaction 2 of glycolysis

Phosphoglucoisomerase

What is the role of phosphoglucoisomerase?

Keto-enol isomerization
Glucose --> fructose

What is the major control point of glycolysis?

Reaction 3: Phosphofructokinase
Conversion of Fructose 6-phosphate + ATP --> Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate

What is the rate limiting state of glycolysis?

PFK

What type of enzyme is PFK

Allosteric enzyme

What inhibits PFK

ATP (high energy status)
Citrate (downstream product)

What inhibit hexokinase?

The immediate down-stream product

What activates PFK

AMP and ADP (low energy status)
F2,6 bP (unusual compound)

Reaction 4 enzyme

Aldolase

What does aldolase do

Aldol cleavage
F-1,6-bP --> dihydroxyacetone phosphate + glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate

What is the enzyme for reaction 5?

Triosephosphate isomerase

What is the purpose of triosephosphate isomerase?

Simplifies pathway: 2 products are now one

What does a perfect enzyme means

Reaction is faster than it takes to uptake a substrate
Can never make it better

What is the second stage of glycolysis?

Harvesting energy

How is the energy of glucose oxidation stored?

ATP
NADH (aerobic only)

What is the enzyme of reaction 6 of glycolysis?

Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

What is the only redox reaction in glycolysis?

Glyceraldehyde-3-phsophate to 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate

Oxidation = reduce or increase C

Reduce C

Is NAD+/NADP+ oxidized or reduced?

Oxidized

What is the enzyme for reaction 7 of glycolysis?

phosphoglycerate kinase

What happens at reaction 7?

Substrate-level phosphorylation

What is the enzyme for reaction 8?

Phosphoglyceromutase

What does phosphoglyceromutase do?

3-phosphoglycerate --> 2-phosphoglycerate

What is a mutase?

Type of isomerase that moves a functional group to another position

What is the enzyme of reaction 9 of glycolysis?

Enolase

What does enolase do

2-phosphoglycerate to phosphoenolpyruvate

What is the enzyme for reaction 10

Pyruvate Kinase

What is the role of pyruvate kinase

Rapid tautomerization to more stable keto

KNOW WHICH ARE THE HIGH ENERGY PHOSPHATE

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Regulation of pyruvate kinase

Inhibitor: ATP (feedback inhibition)
Activator: F-1, 6bisP (feedforward activation)

Overall Free Energy change of Glycolysis

?G0 = -29.8
?G = -76.6 (in the cell)

Energy yield of glycolysis

Input = 2ATP
Output = 4ATP + 2NADH
Net Yield: 2ATP + 2NADH

Compartmentation of glycolysis

Occurs in cytosol

What is channeling

localized compartmentalization of enzymes

What does glycolysis produce?

Substrates for anabolic reactions

What is the alternative mode of glucose oxidation?

Pentose phosphate pathway

Why is pentose phosphate pathway primarily anabolic?

Produces precursos
NADPH: reductive biosynthesis
Ribose-5-P: nucleotides
Erythrose-4-P

Net reaction of Pentose Phosphate pathway

3 Glucose-6-P + 6NADP + 3H2O --> 6NADPH + 6H+ + 3Co2 + 2Fructose-6-P + Glyceraldehyde-3-P

Two phase of Pentose Phosphate Pathway

Oxidative: 2NADPH and ribulose-5-P
Non-oxidative rearrangements: ribose-5-P and fructose-6-P and glyceraldehyde-3-P

Is it possible to achieve net synthesis of oxaloacetate by adding acetyl CoA to a
mixture containing the enzymes and cofactors of the TCA cycle? Explain

No, because oxaloacetate is recycled during TCA and any oxaloacetate produced
would be used to consume more acetyl-CoA. The two carbons brought into the cycle by acetyl-CoA are eliminated as CO2. Addition of acetyl-CoA cannot produce any net TCA
intermedi

What is the function of the glyoxylate cycle and how does it differ from the TCA cycle?

The glyoxylate cycle nets oxaloacetate, and ultimately glucose, from precursors like
acetyl-CoA. This cycle stops the TCA cycle at isocitrate and goes through an alternate
pathway that doesn't lose the two carbons introduced by acetyl-CoA.

Succinate dehydrogenase activity is affected by oxaloacetate. Would you expect the enzyme activity to be enhanced or inhibited by oxaloacetate? Explain

Succinate dehydrogenase would be enhanced by oxaloacetate because a large amount of oxaloacetate would indicate that the cell can go through the TCA cycle and succinate dehydrogenase is an enzyme in the pathway.

Oxygen must be present in cells for the TCA cycle to progress; however, it is not an
intermediate or reactant in the cycle. Why is oxygen necessary for continued operation of
the TCA cycle?

O2 is needed because it is required for oxidative phosphorylation, the pathway to recycle NADH to NAD+
and FADH2 to FAD in aerobic environments. These recycling
events are where 2.5 ATPs are netted per 1 NADH and 1.5 per FADH2.

What are some of the problems of glycolysis?

Source of glucose
Fate of pyruvate
Necessity to regenerate NAD+

What does hydrolyzing sucrose form?

glucose and fructose

What does hydrolyzing lactose form?

glucose and galactose

What does hydrolyzing trehalose form?

2 glucose

What does hydrolyzing maltose form?

2 glucose

What is the role of alpha amylase

digest amylose or glycogen

What is the role of cellulase

digest cellulose

What is phosphorolysis

Conserves energy of glycosidic bond

Which enzymes debranch glycogen?

transferase and hydrolase

What is the phsophoglucomutase reaction of glycolysis

Enz-P G-1-P --> Enz::G-1,6-bis-P --> Enz-P + G-6-P

3 overall reactions for glycogen breakdown

RxN 1: glycogen phosphorylase
RxN 2: glycogen-debranching enzyme
RxN 3: phosphoglucomutase

Why is glycogen breakdown only 97% effective

Some glucose is also produced along with glucose-6-P

What is the net reaction of glycolysis?

[Glucose (alpha 1-->4)]n + Pi --> n[Glucose-6-P + some glucose]

What does pyruvate become in anaerobic conditions

2 Ethanol + 2CO2 OR 2 Lactate

What does pyruvate become in aerobic conditions?

2 Acetyl-CoA

What cycle does Acetyl Co-A enter?

Citric Acid Cycle

What does the citric acid cycle produce?

4CO2 + 4H2O

For the generation of ethanol what are the main reactions

RxN 1: pyruvate decarboxylase [pyruvate --> acetaldehyde + CO2]
RxN 2: alcohol dehydrogenase
[acetaldehyde --> ethanol]
Reduction so NAD+ is regenerated

What is the enzyme that converts pyruvate to lactate?

Lactate dehydrogenase

What does fermentation recycle

NAD+

What allows glycolysis to continue in absence of O2

Converting pyruvate to ethanol or lactate using NAD+

Where does glucose become pyruvate in a cell

cytosol

Where does pyruvate become CO2 in a cell

mitochondria

Is ATP produced under anaerobic or aerobic conditions?

Aerobic

What step is oxidative decarboxylation

conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA

What is required to convert pyruvate to acetyl CoA

CoA-SH + NAD+
TPP, lipoic acid, FAD

How many coenzymes are there in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex?

5

Which enzymes are freely diffusible in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

Coenzyme A
NAD+

Which enzymes are tightly non-covalently bound in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP)
FAD

What enzymes are covalently linked to enzyme in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

Lipoic acid

How many enzymes are there in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

3

What remains from glucose in acetyl-coenzyme A

Acetyl group bound to S

Why is there a high energy bond in Acetyl-CoA

Ionization and resonance

For FADH2 which enzymes are reduced

N1 and N5

Do you need or produce ATP when converting carbohydrates to pyruvate

need ATP

Do you need or produce ATP when converting fats to acetyl CoA

Need ATP

What is the central energy-yielding pathway?

TCA cycle = citric acid

What produces the source of precursors for anabolic pathways

TCA cycle

What does it mean when intermediates are catalytic

Recycled

What is the net reaction of the TCA cycle

Acetyl CoA + 2H2O + 3NAD+ + FAD + GDO + Pi --> CoA + 3NADH + FADH2 + 3H+ + GTP

What steps produce NADH in TCA

Step 3 and 4: oxidative decarboxylation
Step 8: dehydrogenation

What steps produce ATP in TCA

Step 5: substrate level phosphorylation

What steps produce FADH2 in TCA

Step 6: dehydrogenation

What is the purpose of lipoproteins?

Lipoproteins allow easy transport of fat through the blood stream.

What is the basic structure of lipoproteins?

Inner core = non polar cholesterol and lipid
Outer core = phospholipids and proteins with hydrophilic heads facing water

Where is TAG carried in lipoproteins?

In inner core

Why do animals store most energy as fat instead of glycogen or protein?

Fat has more energy per gram than protein or carbs
Highly reduced so stored without water

How does the beta-oxidation of fatty acids lead to an increase in the amount of ATP available in the body?

By production of acetyl-CoA which enters TCA

What is the purpose of lipase?

releases fatty acids from triglycerides

How are fatty acid breakdown and synthesis compartmenatilized in a cell?

fatty acid synthesis happens in the cytosol while breakdown takes place in mitochondria

How is the double bond in an unsaturated fatty acid dealt with during the beta-oxidation cycle?

The double bond is rearranged and then hydrated into a single bond

What conditions are necessary for the coupled processes of electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation to occur?

Aerobic conditions

Where does oxidative phosphorylation take place within the mitochondrion?

inner membrane of mitchondria

Why does TCA require aerobic conditions?

O2 acts as electron acceptor from electron transport chian

How does electron transport transfer electrons from NADH to O2?

Through a chain of carriers that ends in the production of water

Why is the transfer of electrons from NADH to O2 useful in a cell?

each time the electrons are transferred to another intermediate in the pathway, free energy is produced the can be used to synthesize ATP

What compounds make up the mobile carriers in the electron transport chain?

NADH, Coenzyme Q, cytochrome C
O2 is the ultimate acceptor

Which complex in the electron transport system leads to the consumption of O2 to water?

Complex IV leads to the conversion

Describe a method used to experimentally determine the sequence of electron carriers in the electron transport system.

1) Determine redox potentials of the intermediates and order them by strength
2) Measure the production of reduced forms of the intermediates over time using the different absorption spectra of reduced and oxidized forms
3) use stage specific inhibitors a

How many ATPs does palmitic acid yield?

106 ATP

What are the reactants to form acetoacetyl-CoA

ketone body acetoacetate and succinyl-CoA which also forms succinate

What does thiolase do?

Cleaves acetoacetyl-CpA into two acetyl-CoAs

How much ATP is produced from acetoacetyl-CoA

20 ATP

How much energy does it cost to convert ADP to ATP

30.5kJ/mol

What is the primary way hydrogen is lost from fatty acids?

Form of NADH, FADH2, H+ ions

Why is the oxidation of succinate to fumarate associated with the production of only 1.5 ATPs during oxidative phosphorylation while the oxidation of malate to oxaloacetate is associated with the production of 2.5 ATPs?

Succinate to fumarate yields FADH2, while the oxidation of malate to oxaoloacetate yields NADH.

All intermediates of TCA are ____

catalytic

What is the enzyme for reaction 2 of TCA

aconitase

What is reaction 2 of TCA

citrate --> cis-aconitate --> d-isocitrate

What is the enzyme for reaction 3 of TCA

Isocitrate dehydrogenase

Where is the first oxidative decarboxylation of TCA

Reaction 3

What is reaction 3 of TCA

isocitrate --> oxalosuccinate --> alpha-ketoglutarate

What is reaction 4 of TCA

Alpha-ketoglutarate --> succinyl-CoA

Where is the second oxidative decarboxylation of TCA

reaction 4

Why is the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex analgous to pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction

uses same 5 coenzymes

What is reaction 5 of TCA

succinyl-Coa --> succinate

What is the enzyme for reaction 5 of TCA

succinyl CoA synthetase

What does substrate level phosphorylation produce in reaction 5 of TCA

GTP

What is reaction 6 of TCA

succinate --> fumarate

What is the enzyme for reaction 6 of TCA

succinate dehydrogenase

Is flavoenzyme an electron donor or acceptor

acceptor

What is reaction 7 of TCA

fumarate --> L-malate

What is the enzyme of reaction 7 of TCA

fumarase

What is reaction 8 of TCA

L-malate to oxaloacetate

What is the enzyme of reaction 8 of TCA

malate dehydrogenase

What is the important regulation of TCA

NAD+ ratio to NADH

If low ratio of NAD+/NADH

cell is starving, do not inhibit
Lots of electron rich

Substrate availability

Regulation based on amount of substrate level

Why low levels of substrates in TCA

amphibolic

What is amphibolic

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Go learn the regulation of TCA Cycle

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What is citrate used for

starting substrate of tca cycle but also can produce fatty acids, sterols

What can alpha-ketoglutarate be used for not in TCA

become glutamate which can produce other amino acids and purines

What can succinyl-CoA be used for

Heme, chlorophyll, TCA intermediate

What can malate be used for

pyruvate, TCA intermediate

What can oxaloacetate be used for

convert to aspartate to produced other maino acids, purines, pyrimidines
Can become phosphoenol pyruvate

What can pyruvate of phosphoenol pyruvate be used to make

carbohydrates

Which reactions can replenish TCA

pyruvate carboxylase, PEP carboxykinase, PEP carboxylase, Malic enzyme

Reaction using pyruvate carboxylase

Pyruvate + HCO3- + ATP <-> oxaloacetate + ADP + Pi

Reaction using PEP carboxykinase

PEP + CO2 + GDP <-> oxaloacetate + GTP

Reaction using PEP carboxylase

PEP + HCO3- <-> oxaloacetate + Pi

Reaction using malic enzyme

pyruvate + HCO3- + NAD(P)H <-> malate + NAD(P)+

What is the glyoxylate cycle

Ac-S-CoA to oxaloacetate

Can mammals do glyoxylate cycle?

No

Where does glyxoylate cycle occur

glyoxysomes

What happens in glyoxylate cycle?

By pass steps where CO2 is lost

Net reaction of glyoxylate

2Ac-CoA + NAD+ --> succinate + NADH + H+ + 2CoA

Role of isocitrate lyase

Part of glyoxylate cycle
Isocitrate to succinate + glyoxylate

Role of malate synthase

glyoxylate + acetyl-CoA --> malate

Why does fat store so well

it is not hydrated

What carries TAG through blood stream

Lipoproteins

Example of LDL

chylomicron

Structure of transporting TAG

Tag inside and polar lipids/proteins on surface
Micelle like

What frees FA from TAG

lipases

Where does lipase lyse triacylglycerol

C-O bond of ester

Where are FA activated

inside cell

What activates FA

AMP

RCOO- + ATP + CoA -->

RCO-CoA + AMP + PPi

What does pyrophosphatase do?

Hydrolysis of PPi

What prevents build up of PPi in cell

Pyrophosphatase

What drives FA activation to the right?

Pyrophosphatase splitting PPi

What prevents FA from leaving cell

Activation

How does fatty acids enter into inner mitochondria

antiport where carnitine is exchanged for acyl carnitine

Where does FA degradation occur

mitochondrial matrix

Where does FA synthesis occur

cytosol

AcylCoA in mitochondira is converted into what to enter?B

acylcarnitine

What is the knoop experiment

beta-oxidation occurs at beta carbon
Stepwise breakdown by 2-carbon units

What is the tracer for knoop experiment

phenol group

What proved that it is 2 carbon breakdown in Knoop experiment

There was odd and even number carbons

What is reaction 1 of beta oxidation

acetyl-CoA --> trans-?2-enoyl-CoA + FADH2

What is FAD --> FADH2 known as

oxidative phosphorylation

What type of reaction is R1 of Beta oxidation

dehydrogenation (oxidation)

What is reaction 2 of beta-oxidation

trans-?2-enoyl-CoA --> L-3 hydroxy acyl coA

What type of reaction is R2 of beta-oxidation

hydration

What type of reaction is R3 of beta-oxidation

dehydrogenation

What type of reaction is R4 of beta-oxidation

thiolytic cleavage

What is reaction 3 of beta oxidation

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What is reaction 4 of beta oxidation

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How much ATP does it take to activate FA

2 ATP

What is most of energy from in the cell

glyxolysis, TCA and fatty acid oxidation

What is ATP initially harvested as

NADH and FADH2

How does NADH and FADH2 become ATP

electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation

Evidence of Chemiosmotic Theory

IM impermeability to H+'s and other ions
ET causes H+'s to be transported
Elimination of pH gradient by uncouplers blocks ATP synthesis
Artificial electrochemical gradient-> Atp synthesis