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1
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What is allostery?

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Where a regulator (activator or inhibitor) binds at ‘another’ site. Changes activity of enzyme

2
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What is covalent modification of an enzyme?

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Enzyme gets de/phosphorylated, changing the conformity of the protein and therefore the activity

3
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What are the two ways of product inhibition in metabolic pathway?

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1. Increase in conc of an intermediate in a reversible reaction leads to a shift in equilibrium. Binding rate of previous intermediate decreases so increase in pathway intermediates

2. Feedback inhibition - allosteric binding of end product to first enzyme in pathway. Reduces entry of substrate and therefore stops build up of intermediates

4
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What is the commiting step in a pathway?

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Irreversible enzymatic reaction that once occurs, the molecules are comitted and will end up in the end product of the pathway

5
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What is the committed step of glycolysis?

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Point where phosphofructokinase-1 phosphorylates fructose-6-p

6
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What reactions of glycolysis are regulated and why?

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1, 3 and 10. They are irreversible. Reversible cannot be regulated as equilibrium will still be reached

7
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How can regulating the committing step affect a pathway?

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Inhibiting the commiting step diverts substrate to other pathways. e.g product of pathway could allosterically inhibit enzyme for substrate

8
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How are catabolic pathway enzymes regulated?

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  • High energy signals : ATP, NADH, FADH2 inhibit
  • Low energy signals: AMP, ADP, NAD activate
9
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How can hormonal regulation affect metabolic pathways?

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  • Hormone binds to receptor
  • This activates signalling pathway and therefore activates protein kinase or protein phosphotase
  • These enzymes de/phosphorylate target enzymes involved in glycolysis and change their conformity so either activate or deactivate them
10
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What type of regulation is feed forward an example of?

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  • Allosteric
  • Substrate provides positive allosteric signal to enzymes further down the pathway
11
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Give two examples of phosphoregulation with hormones.

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Adrenaline

Activates protein kinase A.

Phosphorylation activates phosphorylase kinase and glycogen phosphorylase. Stimulate glycogen breakdown

Insulin

Activate protein phosphotase 1.

  • Dephosphorylates pyruvate dehydrogenase, activating it and stimulating glucose utilisation.
  • Dephosphorylates glycogen phosphorylase which inhibits it, inhibiting glycogen breakdown
12
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What is the key regulator of glycolysis?

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Phosphofructokinase-1

(first commiting step)

13
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What does phosphofructokinase do?

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Catalyse phosphorylation of fructose-6-p to fructose-1,6-p

14
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How is glycolysis metabolicaly inhibited?

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High energy levels of NADH from step 5 causes inhibition of step 6 (phosphorylation)

15
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How is glycolysis allostericaly regulated?

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Phosphofructokinase 1

Activated: AMP, F2,6-BP (high fructose levels)

Inhibited: ATP, PEP (last product of glycolysis), Citrate (Krebs), H+ (metabolism forms acid)

Hexokinase

Inhibited: G-6-P which builds up due to stop of step 4 and 6

16
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How is glycolysis regulated by hormones? (Phosphoregulation)

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PFK1

Insulin –>Protein Phosphatase–> Dephosphorylate PFK–> +

Glucagon –> Protein Kinase A –> Phosphorylate PFK –> -

Pyruvate Kinase** **(Final enzyme)

Same as above

17
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Explain all of the ways glycolysis is regulated.

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18
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How is step 1 of glycolysis regulated?

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Hexokinase has product inhibition by G-6-P