Lecture 306: TCA cycle Flashcards
1
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homolactic fermentation
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- anaerobic [muscles]
- pyruvate reduced to lactate
- no net change in oxidation state
- tissues with high [O2] can burn lactate for fuel
2
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how liver can use lactate
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- glycogenesis precursor
3
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pyruvate oxidation requires ____ and does _____
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- requires acetyl-CoA
- pyruvate converted to acetyl-CoA via PDH complex
4
Q
respiratory chain regenerates ____
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- NAD+
5
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oxidative phosphorylation synthesizes ___
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- ATP
6
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PDH complex
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- irreversible
- requires TPP, LA, FAD, NAD+ and CoA
- via E1, E2 and E3
7
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regulation of PDH complex
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- acetyl-CoA and NADH [major products] = feedback inhibitors
- PDH phosphatase = activated by insulin
- PDH kinase
8
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regulation of PDH kinase in TCA cycle
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- activate the inhibitor [indirectly inhibit] = ATP, NADH and acetyl-CoA
- inhibit the inhibitor [indirectly activate] = ADP and pyruvate
9
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TCA cycle takes place in ____
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mitochondria
10
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TCA step 1
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- citrate synthase
- only IRREVERSIBLE step
- main regulatory step
11
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TCA step 2
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- successive dehydration and hydration rxns
- reversible
12
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TCA step 3
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- decarboxylation
- reversible but favors forward
- requires NAD+
13
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TCA step 4
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- reversible but favors forward
- decarboxylation
- requires TPP, LA, CoA, NAD+ and FAD
- mechanism similar to PDH complex
14
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TCA step 5
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- formation of succinate, GTP and CoA
- reversible
- requires GDP OR ADP and phosphate
- succinyl-CoA = high energy molecule = drives synthesis of GTP/ ATP
15
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nucleoside diphosphate kinase
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- converts GTP formed to ATP
- brain/ heart = ATP-linked enzyme
- liver = GTP-linked enzyme
