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Overview of Glucose Metabolism

Overview of Glucose Metabolism. Gluconeogenesis -Gluconeogenesis: the formation of glucose from nonhexose precursors. -occurs in all animals, plants and

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Overview of Glucose Metabolism

Gluconeogenesis

-Gluconeogenesis: the formation

of glucose from nonhexose

precursors.

-occurs in all animals, plants and

microorganisms

-Essential in mammals because

the brain, nervous system,

erythrocytes, tests and medulla

require glucose from blood as

their major fuel source

- Important precursors of the

glucose: Lactate, pyruvate,

glycerol and back bone of certain

amino acids

- Fasting requires all the glucose

to be synthesized from these non-

carbohydrate precursors.

- Gluconeogenesis dose not occur by simple reversal of glycolysis-The overall equilibrium of the glycolysis favors the formation of glycolysis - Most precursors must enter the Krebs cycle at some point to be converted to oxaloacetate. - Oxaloacetate is the starting material for gluconeogenesis

- Gluconeogenesis occurs largely in the liver to little extent in renal cortex Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis occur in the cytosol

Gluconeogenesis is not just the reverse of glycolysis

Seven of the reaction of the glycolysis are reversible and used in the gluconeogenesis but three of them are irreversible and should be bypassed by four of other reaction

Several steps are different so that control of one pathway does not inactivate the other. However many steps are the same. Three steps are different from glycolysis.

1- Pyruvate to PEP

2- Fructose 1,6- bisphosphate to Fructose-6-phosphate

3- Glucose-6-Phosphate to Glucose

1. Pyruvate carboxylase catalyses the irreversible ATP-driven

formation of oxaloacetate from pyruvate and CO2. This

enzyme found in the mitochondria of the liver and kidney but not of muscle.

2. PEP carboxykinase (PEPCK) concerts oxaloacetate to PEP that

uses GTP as a phosphorylating agent.

Conversion of Pyruvate to Phosphoenolpyruvate requires two exergonic reactions mediated by the formation of oxaloacetate

Pyruvate carboxylase requires biotin as a cofactor

-Hydrolysis of fructose-1,6-phosphate by Fructose1,6-

bisphosphatase bypass the irreversible PFK-1

- This reaction is an important regulatory site of

gluconeogenesis and it occurs only in the liver and kidney

- This enzyme is inhibited by high level of AMP which a

signal of an energy-poor state in the cell. While high ATP

stimulate gluconeogenesis

- It is inhibited also by fructose 2,6-bisphosphate which

is allosteric modulator which its level affected by the

circulating glucagon

- Hydrolysis of glucose-6- phosphate by glucose 6-

phosphatase bypass the irreversible Hexokinase reaction.

Glucose-6-phosphatase is only found in the liver and the

kidney but not in the muscle.

Hydrolytic reactions bypass PFK and Hexokinase

The hydrolysis of fructose-1,6-phosphate and glucose-6- phosphate are separate enzymes from glycolysis. Glucose-6-phosphatase is only found in the liver and kidney. The liver is the primary organ for gluconeogenesis.

Glucose + 2NAD+ + 2ADP + 2Pi

2Pyruvate +2NADH + 4H+ + 2ATP + 2H2O

2Pyruvate +2NADH + 4H+ + 4ATP + 2GTP + 6H2O

glucose + 2NAD+ + 4ADP + 2GDP + 4Pi

2ATP + 2GTP + 4H2O 2ADP + 2GDP + 4Pi

Gluconeogenesis

Transport between the mitochondria and the cytosol

Generation of oxaloacetate occurs in the mitochondria only, but, gluconeogenesis occurs in the cytosol.

PEPCK is distributed between both compartments in humans,

Either PEP must be transported across the membranes or oxaloacetate has to be transported. PEP transport systems are seen in the mitochondria but oxaloacetate can not be trans-ported directly in or out of the mitochondria. It can transported out of the mitochondria in form of Malate

Acetyl-CoA regulates pyruvate carboxylase

Increases in oxaloacetate concentrations increase the activity of the Krebs cycle and acetyl-CoA is a allosteric activator of the carboxylase.

Low levels of Acetyl-CoA pyruvate carboxylase is largely inactive and pyruvate is oxidized in Krebs cycle

However when ATP and NADH concentrations are high and the Krebs cycle is inhibited, oxaloacetate goes to glucose.

Substrate availability:

The availability of gluconeogenic precursors like

glucogenic amino acids increase the hepatic

gluconeogenesis.

Low level of insulin and high level of glucagon favor

the mobilization of amino acids from muscle protein to

provide their skeletons for gluconeogenesis.

Allosteric activation by acetyl CoA

During starvation excessive lioplysis excessive

oxidation of fatty acid into acetyl CoA accumulation

of acetyl CoA activation of pyruvate carboxylase

activation of gluconeogenesis

Regulation of gluconeogenesis

Glucagon: inhibits glycolysis and the Stimulates gluconeogenesis

Regulation of gluconeogenesis

Substrates for Gluconeogenesis - Include all intermediates of glycolysis and citric acid cycle, glycerol, lactate and the α-keto acids obtained from deamination of glucogenic amino acids. -Glycerol: obtained from the hydrolysis of the triglycerides in adipose tissue, travels to liver which is phosphorylated and metabolized - Lactate: released from the RBC and exercising muscle, carried to the liver by the blood and converted to glucose and released again to blood. Called Cori cycle - α-keto acids: like pyruvate and α-ketglutarate derived from amino acids alanine and glutamate. These substances enter the citric acid cycle to provide the oxaloacetate Acetyl CoA

cannot give rise to a net synthesis of glucose bec. of the irreversible nature of pyruvate dehydrogenase that converts pyruvate to Acetyl CoA

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PEP carboxykinase