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Where does glycolysis occur

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cytosol

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Preparatory phase (5) vs payoff phase (5)

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  • Preparatory phase:
    • Investment of energy into the system from hydrolyzing 2 ATP
      • Locks glucose into glycolytic pathway
    • Split glucose into two, 3-carbon molecules

Payoff phase: 4ATP and 2NADH are produced

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First step - what is it? how is it possible? is it irreversible?

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Glucose +ATP -hexokinase -> glucose-6- phosphate + ADP

Phosphorylation coupled to ATP hydrolysis.

Irreversible.

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Glucokinase

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IA lvier-specific hexokinase isoform with a higher Km

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Importance of glucose phosphorylation in the first step

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  1. Invests energy
  2. Trap glucose in the cell
    1. Glucose-6-phosphate is too negative to leave the cell
    2. Decreases [glucose] in the cell so more unphosphorylated glucose can diffuse into the cell via transport channels
  3. Use glucose-6-phosphate in other cell pathways
    1. The negative phosphate charge can interact through weak ionic forces to stabilize the substrate in the active site of various enzymes
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Substrate flux- what is it and what steps do it?

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a reaction that can go in either direction is pushed in one direction because its product is rapidly used as a substrate for the next reaciton

Seen in step 2 (Isomerization of glucose-6-phosphate to fructose-6-phosphate) and step 5 (isomerization of DHAP into GAP)

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Step 3 - what is it? how is it possible? is it irreversible?

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Fructose-6-phosphate + ATP -PFK-1-> Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate + ADP

Coupled to ATP hydrolysis

Irreversible

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Importance of fructose-6-phosphate phosphorylation

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Invests ATP

Commitment step

PFK-1 is the most highly regulated glycolytic enzyme

Product has an axis of symmetry- cleavage in step 4 into DHAP and GAP molecules generates twice the E in the payoff phase

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When are ATP molecules hydrolyzed?

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steps 1 and 3

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Step 6

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GAP is oxidized, NAD reduced.

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate + Pi + NAD+

-GAP dehydrogenase->

1,3-bisphosphoglycerate + NADH + H+

  • NADH will be used to donate e- to the ETC
  • 1,3BPG is very high energy
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Step 7

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1,3BPG is hydrolyzed; substrate level phosphorylation

1,3BPG + ADP -phosphoglycerate kinase-> 3PG + ATP

  • 1,3BPG’s phosphate bond is broken and the E is transferred to generate ATP
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Which steps involves substrate level phosphorylation ?

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7 & 10

7: 1,3BPG is hydrolyzed to 3PG to make an ATP
10: PEP is hydrolyzed to pyruvate to make na ATP

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Step 10

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PEP is hydrolyzed into pyruvate to make ATP.

PEP + ADP -pyruvate kinase-> pyruvate + ATP

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Which steps of the payoff phase generated energy ?

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Step 6- oxidation - NADH

Step 7 - sub lvl phos - ATP

Step 10 - sub lvl phos - ATP

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End products of glycolysis of one glucose molecule

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2 pyruvate

2 NADH

2 ATP (net, because Step1&3 used 2 ATP)

2 H2O

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Bleeding can lower your hemoglobin and hematocrit, so your body is low oxygen. What do you expect to find in this patient’s blood test

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High lactate

Acidic blood

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COPD (poor gas exchange in the lungs) can cause ___ due to the increase in the partial pressure of CO2

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Respiratory acidosis

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What happens to pyruvate in aerobic vs anaerobic conditions?

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Aerobic: pyruvate converted to acetyl-CoA for the citric acid cycle to make more NADH

Anaerobic: pyruvate converted to lactate by lactate dehydrogenase in a redox rxn; this oxidizes NADH from step6 into NAD+

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Anaerobic glycolysis

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One molecule of glucose –> 2 lactate + 2 net ATP

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What causes metabolic acidosis?

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Increased lactate (an acid) or ketone bodies in the blood

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What is muscle cramping caused by? Why does massaging help it?

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Lactate build up

Massaging sends more oxygenated blood there while removing CO2 and lactate –> lactate dehydrogenase rxn is reversed

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Why do RBCs only do anaerobic glycolysis?

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No mitochondria

They don’t want to use up the oxygen they’re carrying

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Why does increased CO2 cause respiratory acidosis?

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It’s converted by carbonic anhydrase into carbonic acid, which is how CO2 is carried in blood.

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GLUT_ transporter is found in almost all tissues and is the basal transporter for glucose in most cells. Km is ~1-2

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GLUT1

Low Km to make sure that even at lower glucose levels it’s still pretty active.

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GLUT\_ is the main transporter in **muscle & fat cells.** Regulated by **insulin**. It has Km of **5mM**.
**GLUT4** Insulin sensitive
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GLUT\_ **doesn't transport glucose, but transports fructose,** such as in **small intestine and sperm**
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GLUT\_ is the main glucose transporter for the **liver and pancreas.** Also seen in the **basoslateral membrane of small intestine**. It has a high **Km of 15-20mM** and is \_\_sensitive to insulin Why?
**GLUT2** **Insensitive to insulin** High Km to ensure liver will only take up *excessive* glucose to store as glycogen and the pancreas will only secrete insulin when glucose is excessive.
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GLUT2 & insulin secretion
1. Excessive **glucose enters B islet cells through GLUT2** 2. **Glycolysis** increases intracellular ATP 3. ATP **closes** **an** **ATP-sensitive K+ channel, depolarizing** the cell. 4. Depolarization **opens a voltage-gated Ca++ channel.** 5. Increased intracellular Ca++ stimulates **exocytosis of insulin-containing secretory vesicles**
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**Sulfonylureas** and **Meglitinides**
Anti-hyperglycemic drugs that **stimulate insulin secretion** by mimicking ATP to close K+ channels.
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**Diazoxide**
drug that opens the K+ channel to maintain membrane polarization and **inhibit insulin release**
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When blood glucose is low, what happens to GLUT4 in muscle & adipocytes?
Low glucose -\> no insulin secreted by the pancreas Without insulin signaling, GLUT4 becomes sequestered by endocytosis in the membrane of intracellular vesicles. -\> no glucose transported into muscle or fat
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When well-fed, as glucose levels rise, the pancreas secretes insulin that binds to the insulin receptor on muscle & adipocyte plasma membranes, signaling through the ___ pathway to promote\_\_
signal through the **protein kinase B** **pathway** to promote **exocytosis of GLUT4 back to the plasma membrane** to transport glucose into cells. -\> glucose is metabolized to **pyruvate for ATP** or **glucose-6-phosphate can be converted to ribulose 5-phosphate** for the pentose phosphate pathway
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Type 1 Diabetes- impact on insulin & blood glucose
No insulin produced Blood glucose is dramatically elevated
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Why does **type 1 diabetes** cause **ketoacidosis**?
1. Lack of insulin causes **adipocytes to hydrolyze triglycerides**, increasing **fatty ACIDs** in the blood. 2. FA is taken up by liver hepatocytes to be 1. metabolized by **betaoxidation** for energy or 2. converted to **ketone bodies** (alternative fuel source fo rbrain), which are acidic
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At normal physiologic blood glucose levels, **hexokinase** **I** is\_\_\_. What about **hexokinase IV (glucokinase)**?
**Hexokinase I** is saturated, near Vmax. (Very low Km) **Glucokinase (hexokinase IV)** is only active at much higher blood glucose levels.
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Regulation of hexokinase I - III
Allosteric regulation - if glucose 6-phosphate builds up, this prevents further glucose phosphorylation by hexokinase I
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In the fasting state, is glycolysis inactivated or activated?
**Glycolysis is inactivated** to favor glycogen breakdown and/or gluconeogenesis pathway. Thus, glucokinase has to be turned off.
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Glucokinase locks glucose in the cell, so it needs to be regulated when hepatocytes are performing
Gluconeogenesis or glycogen rbeadkwon
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How is glucokinase regulated at low blood glucose?
1. **PFK-1** is inactivated at low blood glucose, so **fructose-6-phosphate** builds up 2. **Glucokinase** sequestration in the nucleus As blood glucose concentration rises in the well fed state, glucokianse can return to the cytosol.
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Allosteric regulation of PFK-1- what are the inhibitors and activators?
PFK is inhibited by high **ATP** and **citrate**. Activated by **ADP/AMP** and **fructose _2_,6-bisphosphate\*\***
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\_\_\_is the enzyme of the commitment reaction for glycolysis, so it's the most highly regulated glycolytic enzyme
PFK-1
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**PFK-_2_** catalyzes the production of ___ from fructose-6-phosphate. The enzyme that catalyzes the dephosphorylation of this product is \_\_\_\_.
PFK-2 makes **fructose** **2,6-bisphosphate** It's broken down/dephosphorylated by **fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase-2)** back to fructose-6-phosphate
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Fructose 1,6 bisphosphate vs fructose 2,6 bisphosphate
**Fructose 1,6 bisphosphate** is the 3rd glycolytic intermediate, the product of the PFK-1 reaction **Fructose 2,6 bisphosphate** is the most potnet allosteric activator of the PFK-1 enzyme
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**FBPase-1** catalyzes the dephosphorylation of \_\_\_, a glycolytic intermediate. **FBPase-2** catalyzes the dephosphorylation of \_\_\_, an allosteric activator of PFK-1
FBPase-1 dephosphorylates **fructose 1,6-bisphosphate** FBPase-2 dephosphorylates **fructose 2,6-bisphosphate**
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In the presence of F2,6BP, glycolysis is ___ and gluconeogenesis is \_\_\_.
F26BP --\> **glycolysis activated**, **gluconeogenesis inhibited**
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F26BP \_creases the Km of PFK-1 and \_creases the Km of FBPase-1
decreases the Km of PFK-1 increases the Km of FBPase-1
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\_\_\_ and ___ are two domains of a bifuncitonal enzyme - what determines which functional domain will be active?
**PFK-2** (glycolysis) and **FBPase-2** (gluconeogenesis) **Glucagon** (low blood glucose) activates FBPase2 -\> FB2,6BP is inactivated -\> can't activate PFK-1 for glycolysis **Insulin** (well-fed) -\> phosphoprotein phosphatase -\> activate PFK-2
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What is **2,3-BPG**
Promotes unloading of oxygen from hemoglobin in RBCs to be released into srurounding tissues
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Pyruvate kinase (last enzyme) is stimulated by what molecules and inhibited by what molecules?
Stimulators: * **ADP + PEP** (its substrates) * **Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (**feedforward activation) *Inhibitors***:** * **ATP, acetyl-CoA, long chain fatty acids** (means high E) * **Alanine** (from transamination of pyruvate) * **Glucagon** (PKA signaling phosphorylates it)
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How to bypass step 7, resulting in 2 less ATP per glucose
1. **Bisphosphoglycerate mutase** turns **1,3BPG** to **2,3-BPG** in RBCs 2. 2,3BPG is then hydrolyzed by bisphosphoglycerate phosophatase to **3PG** Results in 2 less ATP per glucose during glycolysis
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Hemolytic anemia
RBCs have to depend on glycolysis for ATP ATP deficiency changes the cell's shape -\> cell lysis (**hemolysis**) and phagocytosis of damaged cells
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The most common enzyme deficiency causing hemolytic anemia
**GLUCOSE 6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE** in the pentose phosphate pathway #2: **Pyruvate kinase**
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What happens to 2,3BPG if you go to a higher altitude?
Higher altitude has more oxygen. You would make more 2,3BPG to release that oxygen to the tissues (Going to lower altitudes would hydrolyze 2,3BPG)
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If too much 2,3-BPG is produced, you might get
hemolytic anemia Because producing 2,3 BPG bypasses step 7 --\> not enough ATP to support RBCs

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