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What is metabolism?

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Series of enzyme reactions within cells for converting
fuel molecules into ‘useful energy’
The enzyme reactions of synthesis/breakdown/interconversion of essential biomolecules

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What is catabolism?

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the breakdown of complex molecules in living organisms to form simpler ones, together with the release of energy

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How can you identify catabolic reaction?

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Names end in ‘lysis’

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Name 3 e.g.s of catabolism

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  • glycolysis
  • lipolysis
  • glycogenolysis
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What does catabolism generate?

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ATP & NADH – energy storage mol

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Where does catabolism mostly occur?

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Mitochondria

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What is anabolism?

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the synthesis of complex molecules in living organisms from simpler ones together with the storage of energy

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How can you identify anabolic reaction?

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Names end in ‘genesis’

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Name 3 e.g.s of anabolism

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  • gluconeogen
  • lipogen
  • glycogenesis
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What does anabolism use?

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ATP, GTP, UTP

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Where does anabolism mostly occur?

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Cytosol

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What do pathways of glycolysis and TCA cycle act together to do?

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convert glucose to CO2

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What is chem reaction for aerobic resp?

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C6H12O6 + + 6O2 —> 6CO2 + 6H2O + 30 ATP (+2 GTP)

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What do the TCA cycle and glycolysis pathways do through mit resp?

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provide energy for tissues, such as muscle, kidney and brain

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What are 4 stages of cat for glucose?

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  1. Glycolysis
  2. Link reaction
  3. TCA cycle
  4. Ox phos
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What are 3 stages of cat for FA?

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  1. Beta ox
  2. TCA cycle
  3. Ox phos
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What are 3 stages of cat for aa?

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  1. Transamination
  2. TCA cycle
  3. Ox phos
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What occurs during glycolysis?

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Glucose converted to pyruvate

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What occurs during LR?

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Pyruvate converted to acetate

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What occurs during TCA cycle?

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  • ox of acetate to CO2

- production of NADH + FADH2

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What occurs during ox phos?

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  • H + O2 —> H2O

- ADP + Pi —> ATP

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What occurs during beta ox?

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FA converted to acetate

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What occurs during transamination?

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aa converted to acetate

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When are aa used in met?

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When starving as last resort

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Why can’t get energy from anything fully ox e.g. CO2?
contains no H
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Why can from fully red mol e.g. CH4?
contains H - can gen energy from combustion
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Where does glycolysis occur?
Cytoplasm
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Where does Beta ox occur?
Matrix of mit
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Where does LR occur?
Matrix of mit
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Where does TCA cycle occur?
Matrix of mit
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Where does ox phos occur?
Inner mit mem
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How do FAs get into cells?
FAs bind to albumin in blood and then taken up by FA binding protein inside cell and probs transporter inbetween
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How does glucose get into cells?
Through specific glucose transporters
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What are 2 properties of ATP?
- Chemically stable at pH 6-9 | - Structural features e.g. NH2 group recognised by specific proteins, enzymes, etc
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What does ATP hydrolysis give?
ADP + Pi + H+ + energy
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How are the bonds in ATP formed, what type of bonds are they and why are they special?
- phosphoric acid + phosphoric acid – form anhydride bond | – high energy
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Which phosphoanhydride bond is broken in ATP hydrolysis?
– only last 2 bonds and not one between ribose and 1st phosphate
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What is the energy available from ATP hydrolysis used for?
- cellular work | - chem syn
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When 2 phosphoanhydride bonds are broken at ATP, what is the resulting mol?
AMP
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What is free energy of reaction of ATP hydrolysis?
30.5 kJ mol-1 (approx 31 kJ of energy per mol)
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How does ATP affect equilibria of coupled reactions and e.g?
- shifts it by a factor of 10 to power 8 - e.g. A to B is unfavourable reaction – use energy from ATP hydrolysis to make it go - A B now A + ATP + H2O ---> B + ADP + Pi + H+
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What are functions of ATP?
- Used directly in cell motility and contraction e.g. myosin, dynein e.g. of proteins that take this energy and use it for contraction - Used in Na+ / K+ pumps, active transport systems & metabolic control - phosphorylation of proteins - Used in metabolism to add Pi to metabolic intermediates e.g. glucose to keep it in the cell during glycolysis
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What are gen features of met pathways?
- Can’t go directly from sub e.g. glucose to product e.g. CO2 - has to be series of multiple reactions with pathways using multiple enz
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What is the rate of a biochemical reaction dependent on?
enzyme activity
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What is the direction (equilibrium) of a reaction dependent on?
the properties of the chemical molecules themselves.
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How do enz affect reactions and how?
- accelerate rate of reaction so reaction that normally wouldn’t occur is accelerated - Enz lower Ea bc if its not lowered, reaction can’t occur bc its too high
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How can rate of enz reaction be regulated by sub?
by altering the availability of the substrate, (e.g. by increasing the transport system into the cell – more sub coming in)
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How can rate of enz reaction be regulated enz?
- by increasing the amount of enzyme present in the cell - by increasing the rate of transcription from the gene in DNA into mRNA - ‘up regulation’ or ‘induction’ – inc reaction rate by inc enz expression - ‘down regulation’ or ‘repression’ e.g. inhibitors to stop reaction occuring
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What are Regulation Mechanisms for Enzymes already present in the Cell and e.g.?
- Interconversion of ‘active’ & ‘inactive’ forms of key enzymes - e.g. Protein kinase uses ATP to put phosphate on OH group of inactive enz – form ester bond and now phosphorylated form of enz (active) - remove phosphate using protein phosphatase
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For normal enz, what does velocity depend on and why?
- S conc - Low S conc means not all sites occupied so velocity inc - until get to high S conc and enz working at max velocity so can’t inc any further - Hyperbolic graph
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How do allosteric enz differ to normal enz?
- have: - activating site - S binding site - inhibitory site - Way of reg enz through activator/inhibitor - Sigmoid graph e.g. Hb
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What do met reactions require?
- fuel mol (sub/intermediates) - enz - cofactors e.g. activating ions - Mg2+, Cl-, Zn2+ or coenz/prosthetic groups
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What is role of ATP for?
- 'high energy' cofactor in the cell for kinase enzymes - driving mechanical events such as pumps, transporters, contractile events & movement - ATP ---> ADP + Pi
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What are other ‘high energy’ nucleotide cofactors used for and e.g?
- drive specific biosynthetic reactions – enz recognise them for certain reactions - UTP drives the synthesis of complex sugars - GTP drives the synthesis of proteins, also couples hormone receptors to cell surface for hormone to act in cell

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