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    Metabolism

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    with glucose. Whereas glucose is able to immediately enter into glycolysis, fructose is not. Fructose is broken down via fructokinase into fructose- 1-phosphate. Fructose – 1-phospate then gets converted into DHAP+ glyceraldehyde via aldolase B. DHAP+ glyceraldehyde is used in glycolysis to produce pyruvate that goes into the citric acid cycle to produce ATP

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    release adequate amounts of energy essential to life. This series of coupled reaction occurs through breaking down glucose, or other food molecules in the presence of oxygen, releasing the energy contained within the chemical bonds of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Every step in cellular respiration occurs with the use of enzymes. The simplified equation shown above demonstrates one glucose molecule, in the presence of oxygen produces water, carbon dioxide gas, simultaneously yielding a net of 38 ATP

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    2a) Blood glucose levels are controlled by the liver where glucose is produced and sent out through the body via blood. This glucose is used to produce energy in the form of ATP. When blood glucose levels are low, there is an insufficient amount of glucose available than what the body needs, so glucagon is released. This promotes the production of glucose through amino acids into Acetyl-CoA and then glucose. It is released into the bloodstream and blood glucose levels return back to normal. When

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    reactions take place to release the energy stored in glucose. Glycolysis is a ten reaction pathway, the first five reaction constituting of the preparatory phase and the final five constituting of the payoff phase. This process all occurs in the cytosol where the glucose molecule is split to form two molecules of pyruvate. The preparatory phase is the production of two molecules of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate through phosphorylation of a glucose molecule. The consumption of 2 ATP molecule allows this

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    Bio300 Unit 1 Lab Report

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    Describe in your own words, in as much detail as you can, the anaerobic metabolism of glucose to pyruvate. B) Draw this pathway (by hand), indicating all substrates, enzymes, cofactors and products. (You do not need to include reaction mechanisms.) A). The anaerobic metabolism of glucose to pyruvate is called glycolysis. This sequence of reactions will generate two molecules of pyruvate for every one molecule of glucose. This metabolism is anaerobic, which means that it does not require oxygen to be completed

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    Introduction Fructose-1, 6-bisphosphate is a key regulatory step in gluconeogenesis, as well as many other intracellular metabolic pathways . During, gluconeogenesis there is an important process in which there is a conversion of glucose to pyruvate which is known as glycolysis. This process will require three irreversible steps that have a very high negative free energy that is in the forward reaction. So, in order to have a conversion from pyruvate into glucose, the pathway will require the use

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    Liver Homeostasis

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    a centre point to various tissues like skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. Food is therefore digested in the gastrointestinal tract, and so the glucose, fatty acids and the amino acids are absorbed within the blood stream. Then these are transported to the liver via the portal vein. The liver is controlled by insulin and other metabolic hormones. Glucose is therefore metabolised in to pyruvate through the process of glycolosis. The pyruvate is then completely oxidised to generate ATP through the

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    G6PD Disease

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    Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency was discussed in the book and I wanted to research more about the prognosis and treatment. The deficiency is caused by a mutation in the G6PD gene. This disease is inherited from the X chromosome and passed on either from one or both parents. The enzyme, Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, is produced by the gene and is one of the many enzymes that takes part in the breakdown of carbohydrate. However, it is also known for its protective role in red blood

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    “aerobic respiration” (Notes). During this process, food molecules such as glucose react with oxygen to form carbon dioxide, water, and ATP. The chemical energy that is stored in food molecules are extracted and then used to generate ATP. The chemical formula is: C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 12H2O + 6CO2 + ATP. The process of oxidation is referred to as the loss of electrons. The substance that is oxidized in the reaction is glucose (or any other fuel that is used as a reactant in cellular respiration). The

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    Cellular respiration is creating ATP from ADP and a phosphate inorganic using the energy which was released from breaking apart glucose. The equation that summarizes this process is (ADP + Pi) + C6H12O6 +6O2 → 6H2O + 6CO2 + heat + (ATP). ATP is made up of a sugar ribose, 3 phosphate groups, and adenine. ATP is the energy used to complete processes in the body. ATP also has a very high potential energy because of its phosphate groups. Potential energy has to do with energy due to location. For example

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