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Ch. 16.1-16.2
Ch. 16.1-16.2
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Biochemistry
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01/29/2018

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what is glucose usually metabolized into?
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CO2 and water; this happens when oxygen delivery is adequate
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what happens when ATP needs outpace oxygen delivery?
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glucose is metabolized to lactate
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some speculated reasons for glucose being such a prominent fuel as opposed to other monosaccharides
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1: it is one of several monosacs formed from formaldehyde under prebiotic conditions, so it might have been available for primitive biochem systems
2: glucose is a stable hexose because the hydroxyl groups and hydroxyymethyl group are all equatorial, minimizing steric clashes
3: relative to other monosacs, glucose has a low tendency to glycolysate proteins; this is due to its strong tendency to form rings
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why glucose might have been available for primitive biochem systems
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because it is one of several monosacs formed from formaldehyde under prebiotic conditions
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why glucose is a stable hexose
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because the hydroxyl groups and hydroxyymethyl group are all equatorial, minimizing steric clashes
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why glucose has a low tendency to glycolysate proteins
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because of its strong tendency to form rings
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where glycolysis occurs in eukaryotic cells
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cytoplasm
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what glucose is converted to in gylycolysis
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2 molecules of pyruvate with the concomitant generation of 2 molecules of ATP
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stage 1 of glycolysis begins with...
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the conversion of glucose into fructose 1,6-biphosphate
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the 3 steps of converting glucose into fructose 1,6-biphosphate
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1: phosphorylation
2: isomerization
3: 2nd phosphorylation
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the strategy of the initial steps of glycolysis
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to trap the glucose in the cell and form a compound that can be readily cleaved into phosphorylated 3-C units
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stage 1 of glycolysis is completed by...
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the cleavage of fructose 1,6-biphosphate into 2 phosphorylated, 3-C fragments
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what happens in stage 1 of glycolysis?
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glucose is trapped, destabilized, and cleaved into 2 interconvertible 3-C molecules, generated by the cleavage of 6-C fructose
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what happens in stage 2 of glycolysis?
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the 2 3-C units are oxidized to pyruvate, generating ATP
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depiction of the stages of glycolysis
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the one principal fate glucose has inside the cell
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it is phosphorylated by ATP to form glucose 6-phosphate
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hexokinase
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catalyzes the transfer of the phosphoryl group from ATP to the hydroxyl group on C6 of glucose

traps glucose in the cell and begins glycolysis
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depiction of the function of hexokinase
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kinase
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enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphoryl group from ATP to an acceptor
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something kinases require for activity
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divalent metal cations, such as Mg2+ and Mn2+ this forms a complex with ATP
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fructose 1,6-biphosphate is generated from...
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glucose 6-phosphate
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phosphoglucose isomerase
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catalyzes the isomerization of glucose 6-phosphate to to fructose 6-phosphate

this is the conversion of an aldose to a ketose
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depiction of the function of phosphoglucose isomerase
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what happens to fructose 6-phosphate during glycolysis?
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gets phosphorylated by ATP to fructose 1,6-biphosphate
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phosphofructokinase (PFK)
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catalyzes the phosphorylation of fructose 6-phosphate to fructose 1,6-biphosphate
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depiction of the function of phosphofructokinase (PFK)
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an allosteric enzyme that is the key regulatory enzyme for glycolysis
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phosphofructokinase
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what the oxidation of aldehyde does in glycolysis
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powers the formation of a compound having high phosphoryl-transfer potential
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glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
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catalyzes the conversion of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate into 1,3-biphosphoglycerate
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derhydrogenase
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enzyme that catalyzes redox rxns, often transferring a hydride ion from a donor molecule to NAD+ or transferring a hydride ion from NADH to an acceptor molecule
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depiction of the function of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
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the energy of C oxidation is transferred as...
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high phosphoryl-transfer potential
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detailed depiction of the conversion of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate into 1,3-biphosphoglycerate
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what couples the aldehyde oxidation to drive the formation of the acyl phosphate?
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an enzyme that forms a thioester intermediate, replacing the H on the aldehyde group and later being replaced by an orthophosphate group
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depiction of the function of the thioester intermediate that couples the aldehyde oxidation to drive the formation of the acyl phosphate
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reduces the activation energy; intermediate more stable than reactants, but more stable than products, making it spontaneous
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in glycolysis, ATP is formed by...
Definition
phosphoryl transfer from 1,3-biphosphoglycerate
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phosphoglycerate kinase
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catalyzes the transfer of the phosphoryl group from the acyl phosphate of 1,3-biphosphoglycerate to ADP, which yields ATP and 3-phosphoglycerate
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depiction of the function of phodsphoglycerate kinase
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how additional ATP is generated at the end of glycolysis
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by converting 3-phosphoglycerate into pyruvate, which forms a 2nd molecule of ASTP
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depiction of 3-phosphoglycerate being converted into pyruvate to form ATP
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phosphoglycerate mutase
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shifts the position of the phosphoryl group to convert 3-phosphoglycerate into 2-phosphoglycerate
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depiction of the function of phosphoglycerate mutase
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mutase
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catalyzes the intramolecular shift of a chemical group
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enolase
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catalyzes the formation of the enol phosphate phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), which is unstable and has a high phosphoryl transfer potential
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depiction of the function of enolase
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pyruvate kinase
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catalyzes the irreversible transfer of a phosphoryl group from phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to ADP
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depiction of the function of pyruvate kinase
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the net rxn of the transformation of glucose into pyruvate
Definition
glucose + 2 Pi + 2 ADP + 2 NAD+ ---> 2 pyruvate + 2 ATP + 2 NADH + 2 H+ + 2 H2O
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why a glycolysis pathway that ends with pyruvate will not proceed
Definition
because this would result in oxidation-reduction imbalance
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the final process in glycolysis
Definition
the regeneration of NAD+ thru the metabolism of pyruvate
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3 rxns of pyruvate that can occur in living things
Definition
-conversion into ethanol -conversion into lactate -conversion into CO2 and water
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types of fermentation that can occur with pyruvate in the absence of O
Definition
-conversion into ethanol
-conversion into lactate
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fermentation
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ATP-generating process in which organic compounds act as both donors and acceptors of electrons
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what happens to pyruvate in the presence of O?
Definition
gets metabolized to CO2 and water thru the citric acid cycle and the electron transport chain
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depiction of the possible fates of pyruvate
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pyruvate decarboxylase
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catalyzes the decarboxylation of pyruvate
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depiction of the function of pyruvate decarboxylase
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alcohol dehydrogenase
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catalyzes the reduction of acetaldehyde to ethanol by NADH
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depiction of the function of alcohol dehydrogenase
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alcoholic fermentation
Definition
converting glucose into alcohol
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the net result of the anaerobic conversion of glucose into ethanol
Definition
glucose + 2Pi + 2 ADP + 2 H+ --> 2 ethanol 2 CO2 + 2 ATP + 2 H2O
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how redox balance is maintained in alcohol fermentation
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production and later consumption of NADH; no net proiduction of NADH or NAD+
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depiction of how redox balance is maintained in alcoholic fermentation
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lactic acid fermentation
Definition
converting glucose into lactate
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lactate dehydrogenase
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catalyzes the conversion of pyruvate to lactate
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depiction of the function of lactate dehydrogenase
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overall rxn in the conversion of glucose to lactate
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glucose + 2Pi + 2 ADP --> 2 lactate + 2 ATP + 2 H2O
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how redox balance is maintained in lactate fermentation
Definition
production and later consumption of NADH; no net proiduction of NADH or NAD+
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this sustains glycolysis under anaerobic conditions
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the regeneration of NAD+ from NADH; using the NAD+ that's produced and using the NADH that's produced
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depiction of how redox balance is maintained in lactic acid fermentation
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type of cell in animals that can function anaerobically for a short time
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fast twitch, or type IIb, muscle
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which type of glycolysis releases more energy? aerobic or anaerobic?
Definition
anaerobic
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how energy is extracted aerobically
Definition
by means of the citric acid cycle and the electron transport chain, which combust, or oxidize, glucose into H2O and CO2
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the entry point to the oxidative pathway in aerobic glycolysis
Definition
acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl CoA)
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how acetyl CoA is formed
Definition
formed from pyruvate inside mitochondria
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the process by which mitochondria form acetyl CoA
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pyruvate + NAD+ + CoA --> acetyl CoA + CO2 + NADH
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how the NAD+ needed for aerobic glycolysis is regenerated
Definition
regenerated by the electron transport chain in mitochondria
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