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Metabolic Pathways

Metabolic Pathways. The biochemical reactions in the living cell― metabolism―are organized into metabolic pathways. The pathways have dedicated purposes : extraction of energy storage of fuels synthesis of important building blocks elimination of waste materials

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Metabolic Pathways

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  1. Metabolic Pathways • The biochemical reactions in the living cell― metabolism―are organized into metabolic pathways. • The pathways have dedicated purposes: • extraction of energy • storage of fuels • synthesis of important building blocks • elimination of waste materials • The pathways can be represented as a map: • follow the fate of metabolites and building blocks • identify enzymes that act on these metabolites • identify points and agents of regulation • identify sources of metabolic diseases

  2. Map of Metabolic Pathways

  3. Principles of Regulation • The flow of metabolites through the pathways is regulated to maintain homeostasis. • Homeostasis occurs when concentrations of metabolites are kept at a steady state in the body. • When perturbed, a new steady state is achieved. • Sometimes, the levels of required metabolites must be altered very rapidly. • need to increase the capacity of glycolysis during action • need to reduce the capacity of glycolysis after the action • need to increase the capacity of gluconeogenesis after successful action

  4. Feedback Inhibition In many cases, the ultimate products of metabolic pathways directly or indirectly inhibit their own biosynthetic pathways. • Example: High ATP inhibits the committed step of glycolysis to prevent excess glucose degradation.

  5. Rates of a Biochemical Reactions Rates of a biochemical reactions depend on many factors: • Concentration of reactants versus products • Activity of the catalyst • concentration of the enzyme • rate of translation versus rate of degradation • intrinsic activity of the enzyme • could depend on substrate, effectors, or phosphorylation state • Concentrations of effectors • allosteric regulators • competing substrates • pH, ionic environment • Temperature

  6. Factors That Determine the Activity of Enzymes

  7. Rate of Reaction Depends on the Concentration of Substrates • The rate is more sensitive to concentration at low concentrations. • Chemical kinetics: Frequency of substrate meeting the enzyme matters. • The rate becomes insensitive at high substrate concentrations. • The enzyme is nearly saturated with substrate .

  8. Km versus [Metabolite] • Many enzymes have a Km that is near or greater than the physiological concentration of their substrate. • especially those utilizing ATP, or NAD(H)

  9. Phosphorylation of Enzymes Affects Their Activity • Phosphorylation is catalyzed by protein kinases. • Dephosphorylation is catalyzed by protein phosphatases, or can be spontaneous. • Typically, proteins are phosphorylated on the hydroxyl groups of Ser, Thr, or Tyr.

  10. Enzymes Are Also Regulated by Regulatory Proteins Binding of regulatory protein subunits affects specificity.

  11. Proteins Have a Finite Life Span • Different proteins in the same tissue have very different half-lives. • less than an hour to about a week for liver enzymes • stability correlates with sequence at N-terminus • Some proteins are as old as you are. • crystallins in the eye lens

  12. ATP and AMP Are Key Cellular Regulators • A 10% decrease in [ATP] can greatly affect the activity of ATP utilizing enzymes. • A 10% decrease in [ATP] leads to a dramatic increase in [AMP]. • AMP can be a more potent allosteric regulator.

  13. AMP Differentially Affects Pathways in Different Tissues via AMPK

  14. Some Enzymes in the Pathway Limit the Flux of Metabolites More Than Others • Enzymes that are far from equilibrium (regulated) • Not all regulated enzymes have the same affect on the entire pathway. • Some control flux through the pathway. • Others regulate steady state concentrations of metabolites in response to changes in flux. • Hexokinase and phosphofructokinase are appropriate targets for regulation of glycolytic flux. • Increased hexokinase activity enables activation of glucose. • Increased phosphofructokinase-1 activity enables catabolism of activated glucose via glycolysis.

  15. Hexokinase Affects Flux Through Glycolysis More Than Phosphofructokinase

  16. Elasticity Coefficient Measures the Responsiveness to Substrate

  17. Glycolysis versus Gluconeogenesis • Regulated enzymes often correspond to points in the pathways that have the same substrate and product, but a different enzyme. • Can you name those enzymes?

  18. There Are Four Isozymes of Hexokinase (I-IV) • HK I is expressed in all tissues, to different levels. • HK IV (e.g., glucokinase) is only expressed in the liver. • has higher Km, so responsive to higher [glucose] • not inhibited by glucose-6-phosphate, so can function at higher [glucose] • functions to clear blood glucose at higher [glucose] for storage as glycogen • Isozymes are different enzymes that catalyze the same reaction. • typically share similar sequences • may have different kinetic properties • can be regulated differently

  19. Kinetic Properties of HK I versus HK IV

  20. Hexokinase IV Is Regulated by Sequestration (and Transcription)

  21. Regulation of Phosphofructokinase-1 • Fructose-6-phosphate  fructose 1,6-bisphosphate is the commitment step in glycolysis. • While ATP is a substrate, ATP is also a negative effector. • Do not spend glucose in glycolysis if there is plenty of ATP.

  22. Affect of ATP on Phosphofructokinase-1

  23. Regulation of Phosphofructokinase 1 and Fructose 1,6-Bisphosphatase • Go glycolysis if AMP is high and ATP is low. • Go gluconeogenesis if AMP is low.

  24. Fructose 2,6-Bisphosphate • NOT a glycolytic intermediate, only a regulator • Produced specifically to regulate glycolysis and gluconeogenesis • activates phosphofructokinase (glycolysis) • inhibits fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase (gluconeogenesis)

  25. Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis Are Differentially Regulated by F-2,6-bP

  26. F-2,6-bP Is Produced from Fructose-6-phosphate Enzymes for synthesis and degradation of F-2,6-bP function similarly to those in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis.

  27. Regulation of F-2,6-bP Levels Structurally, these two enzymes are different than those in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis (i.e., they are conjoined, rather than independent) and are regulated via phosphorylation.

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