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Regulation of Glycogen Metabolism Flashcards

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What is energy storage in animals? What about plants?

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Animals: glycogen
Plants: starch

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Where is glycogen primarily found? How is it stored?

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  • Liver (10%) and muscle (1-2%)

- Stored in granules

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What are the two types of starch granules?

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  • a-rosettes (contain 20-40 B-particles)

- B-particles (contain glucose with many reducing ends)

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Glycogen is depleted after _________ of fasting in the liver, and ______ of strenuous exercise in muscle

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12 to 24 hours

1 hour

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Is there more glycogen storage or fat storage?

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More fat storage

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What other tissues store glycogen?

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Astrocytes (nervous system), heart, and adipose tissue

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What is glycogenesis?

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The synthesis of glycogen

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Where does glycogenesis take place?

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Can take place in any cells that store glycogen, but predominant in liver cells

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What is the precursor for glycogenesis?

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UDP-Glucose (sugar nucleotide)

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What are the two steps to glycogenesis?

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1) Formation of UDP-Glucose

2) Formation of the initial short-chains

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What does the formation of UDP-Glucose require? Which enzyme catalyzes this step?

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  • UTP + Glucose

- NDP-Sugar pyrophosphorylase

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What does NDP-Sugar pyrophosphorylase do?

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  • Removes 2 phosphate groups from the nucleotide triphosphate and adds a sugar
  • Creates UDP-Glucose
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What happens to the pyrophosphate created during the formation of UDP-Glucose?

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The pyrophosphate is unstable and is quickly converted to an organic phosphate

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What catalyzes the formation of initial short-chains?

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Glycogenin (protein)

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What does glycogenin contain at the 194th position?

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Tyrosine, which has an OH- group

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What does the OH- group of glycogenin attack? What does that form?

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  • OH- group of glycogenin attacks the 1st carbon of UDP-Glucose
  • Glucosyltransferase activity adds a glucosyl group in the form of glucose, creating a glycogenin and glucose complex
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OH- group of the __ carbon can attack the __ carbon on the next UDP-glucose, which creates a _____ glycosidic bond

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4
1
1-4

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The chain-extending activity of glycogenin can repeat itself ___ more times, and contain maximum __ carbons

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6

8

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The elongation of glycogen is catalyzed by what? What is the precursor?

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  • Glycogen synthase

- UDP-glucose

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What does glycogen synthase require?

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Requires a short-chain that contains at least 4 glucose molecules

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What bond does glycogen synthase create?

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  • Bond between the 4th carbon of the non-reducing end
    of the glycogen chain and the 1st carbon of UDP-Glucose
  • The 4th carbon of the new glucose now has a non-reducing end
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The branching of glycogen is catalyzed by what?

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Glycogen-branching enzyme

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What does glycogen-branching enzyme do? What does it create?

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  • Attacks the 4th glycosidic bond and cleaves the long-chain, which reattaches from the 4th glucose
    molecule of the new non-reducing end
  • Creates a 1-6 glycosidic bond
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Branching (increases/decreases) water-solubility, and creates _______

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increases

new non-reducing ends

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Why are non-reducing ends important?
Non-reducing ends are important when glucose is synthesized from the breakdown of glycogen
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What are the four steps to glycogenesis and their enzymes?
1. Formation of UDP-Glucose (NDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase) 2. Initial short-chain synthesis (Glycogenin) 3. Elongation (Glycogen Synthase) 4. Branching (Glycogen-Branching Enzyme)
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What is glycogenlysis? What is the end-product?
- Breakdown of glycogen to yield glucose | - Creates Glucose 1-phosphate as an end-product
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What catalyzes glycogenolysis?
Glycogen phosphorylase
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Glycogen phosphorylase can only act where?
At the non-reducing end of glycogen
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What does glycogen phosphorylase do?
Breaks the 1-4 glycosidic bond and adds a free inorganic | phosphate group
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Where does the free inorganic phosphate for glycogen phosphorylase come from?
The free inorganic phosphate comes from a store, and | NOT from ATP; does not require additional energy
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What acts as a cofactor for glycogen phosphorylase?
Pyridoxal phosphate
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What are the three enzymes of glycogenolysis?
1. Glycogen phosphorylase: breaks the 1-4 glycosidic bond 2. Glycogen debranching enzyme: breaks the 1-6 glycosidic bond 3. Phosphoglucomutase
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Glycogenolysis debranching enzyme has two types of activities. What are they?
- Transferase activity | - Glucosidase activity
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What is the transferase activity of the debranching enzyme?
Removes the 3 glucose units, and attaches it to the non-reducing end of the longer branch (yellow), leaving one glucose attached with a 1-6 glycosidic bond
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What is the glucosidase activity of the debranching enzyme?
- Cleaves the 1-6 glycosidic bond, which removes a glucose - The long-chain no longer has a branch, and is available for glycogen phosphorylase to continue
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What is the role of phosphoglucomutase?
- Catalyzes the formation of Glucose 6-Phosphate from Glucose 1-Phosphate - Transfers the phosphate group from carbon 1 to carbon 6
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Phosphoglucomutase must be _______ to function
phosphorylated
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How does phosphoglucomutase work?
- The phosphorylated serine donates its phosphate groups to the 6th carbon, which now contains two phosphate groups: Glucose 1,6-bisphosphate - The phosphate group at the 1st carbon is given back to the serine (recycling), leaving behind Glucose 6-Phosphate, which is a metabolite for glycolysis
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Where is glucose-6-phosphate dephosphorylated?
In the liver
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Glucose 6-phosphate is created in the _______, and is brought to the ___ through the ________ transporter
cytoplasm ER G6P transporter (T1)
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In the ER, what dephosphorylates G6P? What does that create?
- Glucose-6-phosphatase | - Creates a free glucose and an inorganic phosphate, which can be thrown out of the ER
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______ glucose cannot pass through GLUT transporters
phosphorylated
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Does muscle contribute to blood glucose concentration? Why?
No since it does not express Glucose 6-phosphatase
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Phosphorylase a is the _____ form, which happens when it is ________
active | phosphorylated
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Phosphorylase b is the ______ form, which happens when it is _______
inactive | dephosphorylated
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What is the role of phosphorylase a?
Cleaves individual glucose molecules from glycogen
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What enzyme transforms phosphorylase b to phosphorylase a? What enzyme transforms phosphorylase a to phosphorylase b?
b --> a: phosphorylase b kinase | a --> b: phosphorylase a phosphatase (PP1)
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What is phosphorylase b kinase activated by?
- Epinephrine - Ca2+ - AMP (muscle) - Glucagon (liver)
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What is phosphorylase a phosphatase activated by?
Insulin
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Glucagon receptors are present in ______, while epinephrine receptors are present in _______
hepatocytse | myocytes
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The activation of glycogen phosphorylase a through GPCR receptors leads to an increase in what?
G1P, and eventually G6P and glucose
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Glycogen synthase is active when it is (phosphorylated/dephosphorylated)
dephosphorylated
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Phosphorylation of glycogen synthase occurs where?
At 3 serine residues
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What activates glycogen synthase?
- Insulin - G6P - Glucose
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How does insulin activate glycogen synthase?
Inhibits GSK3, which inhibits the phosphorylation of GS
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What inactivates glycogen synthase?
- Glucagon | - Epinephrine
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Glucagon is only present in _______, while epinephrine is present in ______ and _______
- liver cells - liver cells - muscle cells
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Glycogenolysis is promoted in which cell type(s)?
Both (liver and muscle cells)
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Glycolysis is promoted in which cell type(s)?
- Promoted in muscle cells | - Inhibited in liver cells by PKA
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Why is glycolysis promoted in muscle cells, but inhibited in liver cells?
- Muscle cells lack the glucagon receptor | - Muscle cells do NOT produce F26BP, which is involved in the inhibition of glycolysis
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Glucogeogenesis is promoted by ______, which can only happen in _____ cells
glucagon | liver

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