Carbohydrate digestion and metabolism Flashcards
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What is the first step of glycolysis?
Phosphorylation of glucose
Which enzyme catalyzes the first step of glycolysis?
Hexokinase
What type of enzyme is the enzyme that catalyzes the first step of glycolysis?
Transferase
First step of glucose: reversible or irreversible?
Irreversible
Which ion does hexokinase need to phosphorylate glucose?
Magnesium ion (Mg^ 2+)
The phosphate used in step one of glycolysis is from where?
ATP
Why does hexokinase need a magnesium ion in order to catalyze the first step of glycolysis?
Mg^ (2+) shields the negative charges of the phosphosyl groups in ATP, making the terminal phosphorus atom an easier target for nucleophilic attack by an –OH of glucose.
Which isozyme of hexokinase is found in the hepatocytes?
Glucokinase
What step happens after phosphorylation of glucose?
Conversion of glucose 6-phosphate to its ketose isomer, fructose 6-phosphate
Most kinases need this ion to catalyze phosphorylation
Magnesium
What step happens after isomeration of glucose 6-phosphate to fructose 6-phosophate?
Fructose 6-phosphate is phosphorylated
Which enzyme phosphorylates fructose 6-phosophate?
Phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1)
PFK-1 turns fructose 6-phosphate into which molecule?
Fructose 1,6- bisphosphate
Why is the phosphorylation of fructose 6-phosphate important?
Because it is the first “committed” step in the glycolytic pathway. Glucose 6-phosphate and fructose 6-phosphate have other possible fates, but fructose 1,6-bisphosphate is targeted for glycolysis
What happens next to fructose 1,6- bisphosphate to proceed in glycolysis?
It is cleaved into two triose phosphates.
Which triose phosphates are cleaved from fructose 1,6- bisphosphate?
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate
What is the difference between glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate?
The first is an aldose, the second a ketose
The cleavage of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate: reversible or irreversible?
Reversible
Phosphorylation of fructose 6-phosphate: reversible or irreversible?
Irreversible
What is the last step of the preparatory phase of glycolysis?
Interconversion of the triose phosphates. Dihydroxyacetone phosphate is converted into glyceraldehyde phosphate
How many steps does glycolysis have?
10
ATP investment in glycolysis is for what?
Phosphorylation of glucose 6-phosphate and fructose 6-phosphate
Oxidation of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate to 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate is the first of two energy-conserving step. T/F
T
In the oxidation of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, which molecule is reduced?
NAD+ is reduced to NADH