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After all, as tumors grow rapidly, each cell has to replicate its entire contents. Instead of sucking all of the energy they can out of glucose, they release most of it as a waste material. Patti, a member of Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the School of Medicine, is senior author of the new study.
What goes in and out of them is tightly controlled. As a bit of backstory, a famous biochemist named Otto Warburg first discovered the wasteful nature of tumors in the s. But that leaves a persistent and vexing question unanswered: Why do cancer cells metabolize so little of the glucose they consume in mitochondria?
All sorts of explanations have been offered as to why cancer cells might want to be wasteful with their glucose. However, Patti and his team contend that these rationalizations may be unnecessary. In the end, cancer metabolism may not be as unusual as scientists thought. Cancer cells really do want to metabolize glucose in their mitochondria, and they do so.
In other words, cancer cells only waste glucose away because transport into mitochondria is too slow. Imagine a bathtub faucet that is spitting out water faster than the drain can remove it. Eventually, the water overflows onto the floor. They appear to follow the same biochemical patterns as other cells.
In this study, the researchers combined metabolomics with stable isotope tracers. This allowed them to tag different parts of glucose so that they could track it inside of cells, watching the speed at which things entered mitochondria or were excreted from cells.
The relative amounts of GPa and GPb largely govern the overall process of glycogen breakdown, since GPa tends to be active more often than GPb. It is i. Phosphorylase kinase itself has two covalent forms — phosphorylated active and dephosphorylated inactive.
It is phosphorylated by the enzyme Protein Kinase A PKA -. Another way to activate the enzyme is allosterically with calcium Figure 6. Phosphory- Figure 6.
PKA is activated by cAMP, which is, in turn, produced by adenylate cyclase after activation by a G-protein See HERE for overview. G-proteins are activated ultimately by binding of ligands to specific membrane receptors called 7-TM receptors, also known as Gprotein coupled receptors.
These are discussed in greater detail HERE. Common ligands for 7-TM receptors include epinephrine binds β- adrenergic receptor and glucagon binds glucagon receptor.
Epinephrine exerts its greatest effects on muscle and glucagon works preferentially on the liver. Thus, epinephrine and glucagon can activate glycogen breakdown by stimulating synthesis of cAMP followed by the cascade of events described above. Turning off signals is as important, if not more so, than turning them on.
Glycogen is a precious resource. If its breakdown is not controlled, a lot of energy used in its synthesis is wasted. The steps in the glycogen breakdown regulatory pathway can be reversed at every level. First, the ligand epinephrine or glucagon can leave the receptor, turning off the stimulus.
Second, the G-proteins have an inherent GTPase activity. GTP, of course, is what activates Gproteins, so a GTPase activity converts the GTP it is carrying to GDP and the G-protein becomes inactive.
Thus, G-proteins turn off Figure 6. Interfering with their ability to convert GTP to GDP can have dire consequences, including cancer in some cases. Third, cells have phosphodiesterase enzymes inhibited by caffeine for breaking down cAMP.
cAMP is needed to activate PKA, so breaking it down stops PKA from activating phosphorylase kinase. Fourth, the enzyme known as phosphoprotein phosphatase also called PP1 plays a major role. It can remove phosphates from phosphorylase kinase inactivating it and form GPa, converting it to the less likely to be active GPb.
Regulation of phosphoprotein phosphatase activity occurs at several levels. Two of these are shown in Figures 6. In Figure 6. The inhibitor PI-1 can block activity of phosphpoprotein phosphatase only if it PI-1 is phosphorylated.
When PI-1 gets dephosphorylated, it no longer functions as an inhibitor, so phosphoprotein phosphatase be- Figure 6. Now, here is the clincher - PI-1 gets phosphorylated by PKA thus, when epinephrine or glucagon binds to a cell and gets dephosphorylated when insulin binds to a cell.
Another way to regulate phosphoprotein phosphatase in the liver involves GPa directly Figure 6. In liver cells, phosphoprotein phosphatase is bound to a protein called GL.
GL can also bind to GPa. As shown in the figure, if the three proteins are complexed together top of figure , then PP1 phosphoprotein phosphatase is inactive.
When glucose is present such as when the liver has made too much glucose , then the free glucose binds to the GPa and causes GPa to be released from the GL.
This has the effect of activating phosphoprotein phosphatase, which begins dephosphorylating enzymes. As shown in the figure, two such enzymes are GPa making GPb and glycogen synthase b, making glycogen synthase a.
These dephosphorylations have opposite effects on the two enzymes, making GPb, which is less active and glycogen synthase a, which is much more active.
The anabolic pathway opposing glycogen breakdown is that of glycogen synthesis. Just Figure 6. Synthesis of glycogen starts with G1P, which is converted to an 'activated' intermediate, UDPglucose.
This activated intermediate is what 'adds' the glucose to the growing glycogen chain in a reaction catalyzed by the enzyme known as glycogen synthase Figure 6.
Once the glucose is added to glycogen, the glycogen molecule may need to have branches inserted in it by the enzyme known as branching enzyme Figure 6.
Let us first consider the steps in glycogen synthesis. G1P is reacted with UTP to form UDP-glucose in a reaction catalyzed by UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase.
Glycogen synthase catalyzes synthesis of glycogen by joining carbon 1 of the UDP-derived glucose onto the carbon 4 of the non-reducing end of a glycogen chain, to form the familiar α 1,4 glycogen links. Another product of the reaction is UDP.
It is also worth noting, in passing, that glycogen synthase will only add glucose units from UDP-Glucose onto a preexisting glycogen chain that has at least four glucose residues. Linkage of the first few glucose units to form the minimal "primer" needed for glycogen synthase recognition is catalyzed by a protein called glycogenin, which attaches to the first glucose and catalyzes linkage of the first eight glucoses by α 1,4 bonds.
Branching enzyme breaks α 1,4 chains and carries the broken chain to the carbon 6 and forms an α 1,6 linkage Figure 6. The regulation of glycogen biosynthesis is reciprocal to that of glycogen breakdown.
It also has a cascading covalent modification system similar to the glycogen breakdown system described above. In fact, part of the system is identical to glycogen breakdown.
Epinephrine or glucagon signaling stimulates adenylate cyclase to make cAMP, which activates PKA. In glycogen synthesis, protein kinase A phosphorylates the active form of glycogen synthase GSa , and converts it into the usually inactive b form called GSb.
Note the conventions for glycogen synthase and glycogen phosphorylase. For both enzymes, the more active forms are called the 'a' forms GPa and GSa and the less active forms are called the 'b' forms GPb and GSb. The major difference, however, is that GPa has a phosphate, but GSa does not and GPb has no phosphate, but GSb does.
Thus phosphorylation and dephosphorylation have opposite effects on the enzymes of glycogen metabolism Figure 6. This is the hallmark of reciprocal regulation. It is of note that the less active glycogen synthase form, GSb, can be activated by G6P. Recall that G6P had the exactly opposite effect on GPb.
Glycogen synthase, glycogen phosphorylase and phosphorylase kinase can all be dephosphorylated by the same enzyme - phosphoprotein phosphatase - and it is activated when insulin binds to its receptor in the cell membrane.
In the big picture, binding of epinephrine or glucagon to appropriate cell receptors stimulates a phosphorylation cascade which simultaneously activates breakdown of glycogen by glycogen phosphorylase and inhibits synthesis of glycogen by glycogen synthase.
Epinephrine, is also known as adrenalin, and the properties that adrenalin gives arise from a large temporary increase of blood glucose, which powers muscles. On the other hand, insulin stimulates dephosphorylation by activating phosphoprotein phosphatase. Dephosphorylation reduces action of glycogen phosphorylase less glycogen breakdown and activates glycogen synthase starts glycogen synthesis.
Our bodies make glycogen when blood glucose levels rise. Since high blood glucose levels are harmful, insulin stimulates cells to take up glucose. In the liver and in muscle cells, the uptaken glucose is made into glycogen. Cellulose is synthesized as a result of catalysis by cellulose synthase.
Like glycogen synthesis it requires an activated intermediate to add glucose residues and there are two possible ones - GDP-glucose and UDPglucose, depending on which cellulose synthase is involved.
In plants, cellulose provides support to cell walls. The GDP-glucose reaction is the same except with substitution of GDP-glucose for UDP-Figure 6. UDP-glucose for the reaction is obtained by catalysis of sucrose synthase. The enzyme is named for the reverse reaction.
The pentose phosphate pathway PPP - also called the hexose monophosphate shunt is an oxidative pathway involving sugars that is sometimes described as a parallel pathway to glycolysis. It is, in fact, a pathway with multiple inputs and outputs Figure 6. PPP is also a major source of NADPH for biosynthetic reactions and can provide ribosephosphate for nucleotide synthesis.
The multiple entry points and multiple outputs gives the cell tremendous flexibility to meet its needs by allowing it to use a variety of materials to make any of these products. The enzyme catalyzing the reaction is G6P dehydrogenase. It is the rate limiting step of the pathway and the enzyme is inhibited both by NADPH and acetyl-CoA.
NADPH is important for anabolic pathways, such as fatty acid synthesis and also for maintaining glutathione in a reduced state. The latter is important in protection against damage from reactive oxygen species. Deficiency of the G6P dehydrogenase enzyme is not rare, leading to acute hemolytic anemia, due to reduced NADPH concentration, and a reduced ability of the cell to disarm reactive oxygen species with glutathione.
Reduced activity of the enzyme appears to have a protective effect against malarial infection, likely due to the increased fragility of the red blood cell membrane, which is then unable to sustain an infection by the parasite.
Hydrolysis Reaction 2 is a hydrolysis and it is catalyzed by. Reaction 2 is a hydrolysis and it is catalyzed by 6-phosphogluconolactonase. Reaction 3 is the only decarboxylation in the PPP and the last oxidative step.
It is catalyzed by 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase. Mutations disabling the protein made from this gene negatively impact red blood cells. At this point, the oxidative phase of PPP is complete and the remaining reactions involve molecular rearrangements.
Ru5P has two possible fates and these are each described below. Reaction 4a: The enzyme catalyzing this reversible reaction is Ru5P isomerase top of next column. It is important because this is the way cells make RP for nucleotide synthesis.
The RP can also be used in other PPP reactions shown elsewhere. Reaction 4b catalyzed by RuP epimerase is another source of a pentose sugars and provides an important substrate for subsequent reactions. It catalyzes the next two reactions. In the first reaction above , two phosphorylated sugars of 5 carbons each are converted into one phosphorylated sugar of 3 carbons and one of 7 carbons.
In the reversible reactions of the pentose phosphate pathway, one can see how glycolysis intermediates can easily be rearranged and made into other sugars.
Thus, GLYALP and F6P can be readily made into Ribose phosphate for nucleotide synthesis. Involvement of F6P in the pathway permits cells to continue making nucleotides by making RP or tryptophan by making E- 4-P even if the oxidative reactions of PPP are inhibited. Transketolase uses thiamine pyrophosphate TPP to catalyze reactions.
The stabilized carbanion plays important roles in the reaction mechanism of enzymes, such as transketolase that use TPP as a cofactor. Commonly, the carbanion acts as a nucleophile that attacks the carbonyl carbon of the substrate.
Such is the case with transketolase. In this way, two carbons are moved from Xu- 5-P to EP to make F6P from EP and GLYALP from XuP. Similarly, SP and GLYALP are made from RP and XuP, respectively. Thiamine was the first water-soluble vitamin B1 to be discovered via association with the peripheral nervous system disease known as Beriberi.
Thiamine pyrophosphate TPP is an enzyme cofactor found in all living systems derived from thiamine by action of the enzyme thiamine diphosphokinase. TPP facilitates catalysis of several biochemical reactions essential for tissue respiration.
TPP is required for the oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate to form acetyl-CoA and similar reactions. Transketolase, an important enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway, also uses it as a coenzyme. Besides these reactions, TPP is also required for oxidative decarboxylation of α-keto acids like α-ketoglutarate and branched-chain α-keto acids arising from metabolism of valine, isoleucine, and leucine.
Such action facilitates breaking of carbon-carbon bonds such as occurs during decarboxylation of pyruvate to produce the activated acetaldehyde. Thiamine is integral to respiration and is needed in every cell. Acute deficiency of thiamine leads to numerous problems - the best known condition is beriberi, whose symptoms include weight loss, weakness, swelling, neurological issues, and irregular heart rhythms.
Image by Aleia Kim. Causes of deficiency include poor nutrition, significant intake of foods containing the enzyme known as thiaminase, foods with compounds that counter thiamine action tea, coffee , and chronic diseases, including diabetes, gastrointestinal diseases, persistent vomiting.
People with severe alcoholism often are deficient in thiamine. The Calvin cycle Figure 6. It is in the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis that carbon dioxide is taken from the atmosphere and ultimately built into glucose or other sugars.
Reactions of the Calvin cycle take place in regions of the chloroplast known as the stroma, the fluid areas outside of the thylakoid membranes. The cycle can be broken into three phases. Though reduction of carbon dioxide to glucose ultimately requires electrons from twelve molecules of NADPH and 18 ATPs , it is confusing because one reduction occurs 12 times 1,3 BPG to GLYAL-3P to input the overall reduction necessary to make one glucose.
Another reason students find the pathway confusing is because the carbon dioxide molecules are absorbed one at a time into six different molecules of Ru1,5BP. At no point are the six carbons ever together in the same molecule to make a single glucose.
Instead, six molecules of Ru1,5BP 30 carbons gain six more carbons via carbon dioxide and then split into 12 molecules of 3- phosphoglycerate 36 carbons. The gain of six carbons allows two three carbon molecules to be produced in excess for each turn of the cycle.
These two molecules molecules are then converted into glucose using the enzymes of gluconeogenesis. The other ten molecules of 3-PG are used to regenerate the six molecules of Ru1,5BP. This reaction is catalyzed by the enzyme known as ribulose-1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase RUBISCO - Figure 6.
The resulting six carbon intermediate is unstable and is rapidly converted to two molecules of 3- phosphoglycerate. As noted, if one starts with 6 molecules of Ru1,5BP and makes 12 molecules of 3-PG, the extra 6 carbons that are a part of the cycle can be shunted off as two three-carbon molecules of glyceraldehydephosphate GLYAL3P to gluconeogenesis, leaving behind 10 molecules to be reconverted into 6 moleFigure 6.
Enzyme numbers explained in text. cules of Ru1,5BP. This occurs in what is called the resynthesis phase. The resynthesis phase Figure 6. RUBISCO is the third and only other enzyme of the pathway that is unique to plants. All of the other enzymes of the pathway are common to plants and animals and include some found in the pentose phosphate pathway and gluconeogenesis.
Enzymes shown as numbers in Figure 6. The resynthesis phase begins with conversion of the 3-PG molecules into GLYAL3P there are actually 10 GLYAL3P molecules involved in resynthesis, as noted above, but we are omitting numbers to try to help students to see the bigger picture.
Suffice it to say that there are sufficient quantities of all of the molecules to complete the reactions described.
Some GLYAL3P is converted to DHAP by triose phosphate isomerase. Some DHAPs are converted via gluconeogenesis to F6P one phosphate is lost for each F6P. Two carbons from F6P are given to GLYAL3P to create E-4P and Xu-5P reversal of PPP reaction.
E- 4P combines with DHAP to form sedoheptulose-1,7 bisphosphate S1,7BP. The phosphate at position 1 is Figure 6. O2 photorespiration by RUBISCO. Image by Pehr Jacobson cleaved by sedoheptulose-1,7 bisphosphatase to yield SP.
Transketolase another PPP enzyme catalyzes transfer to two carbons from SP to GLYAL3P to yield Xu-5P and R5P.
Phosphopentose isomerase catalyzes conversion of R5P to Ru5P and phosphopentose epimerase similarly converts Xu-5P to Ru5P. Finally, phosphoribulokinase transfers a phosphate to Ru5P from ATP to yield Ru1,5BP. In the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis, the enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase RUBISCO catalyzes the addition of carbon dioxide to ribulose-1,5- bisphosphate Ru1,5BP to create two molecules of 3-phosphoglycerate.
When this happens, the following reaction occurs. This is the first step in the process known as photorespiration. The process of photorespiration is inefficient relative to the carboxylation of Ru1,5BP.
Phosphoglycolate is converted to glyoxylate in the glyoxysome and then transamination of that yields glycine. Two glycines can combine in a complicated coupled set of reactions in the mitochondrion shown next. Deamination and reduction of serine yields pyruvate, which can be then be converted back to 3-phosphoglycerate.
The end point of oxygenation of Ru1,5BP is the same as the carboxylation of Ru1,5BP reactions, but there are significant energy costs associated with it, making the process less efficient. The Calvin cycle is the means by which plants assimilate carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, ultimately into glucose.
Plants use two general strategies for doing so. The first is employed by plants called C3 plants most plants and it simply involves the pathway described above. They are called C3 plants because the first stable intermediate after absorbing carbon dioxide contains three carbons - 3-phosphoglycerate.
Another class of plants, called C4 plants Figure 6. C4 plants are generally found in hot, dry environments where conditions would otherwise favor the wasteful photorespiration reactions of RUBISCO and loss of water.
In C4 plants, carbon dioxide is captured in special mesophyll cells first by phosphoenolpyruvate PEP to make oxaloacetate contains four carbons and gives the C4 plants their name - Figure 6.
The oxaloacetate is converted to malate and transported into bundle sheath cells where the carbon dioxide is released and captured by Ru1,5BP, as in C3 plants. The Calvin cycle proceeds from there.
The advantage of the C4 plant scheme is that it allows concentration of carbon dioxide while minimizing loss of water and photorespiration. Bacterial cell walls contain a layer of protection known as the peptidoglycan layer. Assembly of the layer begins in the cytoplasm.
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As cells absorb blood sugar, levels in the bloodstream begin to fall. When this happens, the pancreas start making glucagon, a hormone that signals the liver to start releasing stored sugar. This interplay of insulin and glucagon ensure that cells throughout the body, and especially in the brain, have a steady supply of blood sugar.
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