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Citric Acid Cycle Flashcards

1
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How many enery capture steps in the CAC

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5

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2
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What’s the first step of the CAC

- substrates + products/ enzymes/ irreversible or reversible

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  • first step is hydrolysis of the thioester bond
  • irreversible conversion of A.Coa/OAA to citrate via the enzyme citrate synthase
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3
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What task does a synthase perform

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joing 2 molecules together without ATP or NTP

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4
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Is the first step in the CAC exergonic or endergonic? Why

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Exergonic, because of the release of energy of the thioester bond

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5
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What happens if there is an increase in citrate concentration?

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the citrate is take to the cytosol to be used for Fatty acids

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6
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Why is citrate converted to isocitrate

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because the tertiary hydroxyl group is hard to oxidized, so an isomerization occurs

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7
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what is the 3 steps of the CAC?

- important notes/ enzymes/ S&P/Rev or IRRev

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  • isocitrate is converted to A-ketoglutarate
  • via a decarboxylation and oxidation
  • Enzyme: Isocitrate dehydrogenase
  • irreversible step
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8
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How does Mn2+ help with the decarboxylation of isocitrate

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  • it increases electron withdrawing group for decarboxylate
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9
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Where are the 2 forms of ioscitrate dehydrogenase and why do they reside there?

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  1. Resides in the matrix of the mitochandria for CAC, NAD+ dependent enzyme
    - Able to dump electrons onto NAD=
  2. Resides in the cytosol for NADP+ dependent enzyme
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10
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Write the balanced equation of Isocitrates conversion

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Isocitrate + NAD+ –> A Ketoglutarate + NADH + CO2

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11
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What makes pyruvate and A-KG, A-keto acids

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They are 1 bond away from the carbonyl group making them a-keto acids

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12
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What cosubstrate is typically involved in the conversion of hydroxyl groups to carbonyl groups?

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NAD+ and NADPH

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13
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What occurs in the 4th step of the CAC

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  • A-ketoglutarate is converted into Succinyl CoA
  • enzyme: A-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
  • Irreversible step
  • Thioester bond formed, decarboxylation and oxidation
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14
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What is complex is A-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase most similar to

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PDH complex

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15
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How is A-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase regulated?

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Via allostery

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16
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What are the difference between PDH and A-KG dehydrogenase?

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17
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what is the 5th step of CAC

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  • conversion of Succinyl-Coa to succinate
  • transfer of thioester to high energy molecule
  • SLP
  • Succinyl-CoA synthetase
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18
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How does the energy capture step of succinyl-CoA occur

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  • Breaking of thioester bond to form an anhydride bond
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19
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Why does GDP need to be regenerated? How does this occur in the CAC

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  • has to be regenrated for reaction to work
  • GDP is made into GTP which it transfers it Triphospate onto ADP making ATP via nuclotide diphosphate kinase
20
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What do nucleotide diphosphate kinase do?

A
  • transfer of phosphate
21
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What does a synthetase do?

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joins two molecules with the participation of ATP and NTP

22
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How many high energy bonds in the Succinyl- CoA sythetase reaction?

A

4

23
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Explain the succinyl- CoA synthetase reation

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  1. Formation of succinyl phosphate
    Pi + Succinyl- CoA(thioester) <-> succinyl-phosphate (mixed anhydride) + CoASH
  2. Formation of phophoryl His
    Enzymer-His + S.P <-> 3-phopho-His (phosphoamide) + Succinate
  3. Phosphoryl tranfer to GDP forming GTP (SLP Step)
    GDP + 3-phospho-His <-> GTP (phosphoanhydride)
24
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What is the importance of the last 3 steps of the CAC?

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they convert methylene group of Succinate to carbonyl group of OAA

25
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Where does FAD typically show up in reactions

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oxidations of alkanes to alkenes

26
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What are the products of the Citric Acid Cycle?

A

3 NADH
1 GTP (ATP)
2 CO2
1 FADH2

27
Q

Write a balanced equation for the CAC

A

A.CoA +3 NAD+ GDP + Pi + FAD H20 –> 2 CO2 + NADH + FADH2 + GTP + CoA

28
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Why cant mammals convert FA into glucose?

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Fatty acids are broken down into ACoA, there is no net gain of carbons therefore cannot be used as glucose

29
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Where can FA’s enter in the CAC

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As succinyl CoA, last 3 carbons of uneven fatty acids

30
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What makes CAC an Amphibolic pathway?

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  • Catabolic processes such as oxidative catabolism of carbs, fa, and aa
  • Anabolic process for aa syntheses, purine and pyrimidine biosynthesis, gluconeogensis, FA and sterol syntheisis
31
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What processes in catapleurotic?

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  • OAA can be used for glucose
  • Malate can be used for glucose
  • Citrate for FA aand cholestrol
  • A-KG for AA
32
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Which processes are anapleurotic

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  • CO2, fatty acids for Succinyl- Coa
  • Amino acids at A-KG
33
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Why are anaplerotic reactions important in the CAC

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  • needed to replenish the CAC for anabolic process
34
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What is the most important anaphlerotic process in mammales

A

pyruvate carboxylation

35
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What transmination reaction occurs with pyruvate?

A

Alanine

36
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What transmination reaction occurs with OAA?

A

Asparatate

37
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What transmination reaction occurs with A-KG

A

glutamate

38
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Under what conditions will pyruvate be turned into OAA?

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  • starvation
  • Exercise
39
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Under what conditions is pyruvate converted to A.CoA

A

Heavy fatty acids and amino acid metabolism

- acetyl CoA iacticates pyruvate carboxylase

40
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Describe the process the occurs when during starvation, in regards to pyruvate?

A
  • Occurs in the liver
  • decrease in the PDC which converts Pyruvate to A.CoA
  • A.CoA is converted to ketons which is used for fuel
  • Increase in pyruvate carboxylate which converts pyruvate to OAA
41
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What is the fate of pyruvate pyruvate during during exercise

A
  • decrease in PDC
  • Pyruvate is converted to OAA and used for the CAC
42
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What are the most crucial factors the CAC responds to?

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  • Energy state of the cell (ATP:ADP)
  • Redoc State of the cell
    (NADH: NAD+)
43
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Product inhibition of CA flux

A
  • nadh
  • succinyl-coa
  • citrate
44
Q

The activity of ETC controls…

A

the activity of the CAC

45
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What occurs if there is a decrease in ADP in the mitochandria?

A

= D activity of ATp synthase, In. proton gradient, De E- flow, DE reoxidation of NADH, and Increase NADH: NAD+

46
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What occurs if there is a increase in ADP in the mitochandria?

A

Increase ATP synthase activity, decreased proton gradient, increase electron flow, increase reoxidation of NADH and decreased NADH: NAD+

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