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1
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Acetyl CoA is generated in these 5 oxidation pathways

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fatty acids, glucose, amino acids acetate and ketone bodies

2
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THE substrate for the TCA cycle

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Acetyl CoA

3
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Oxidation of 2 carbon acetyl group energy is conserved as ____, _____, and ____.

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NADH, FAD(2H) and GTP

4
Q

TCA generates energy via ____ _____.

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cellular respiration

5
Q

Oxidative decarboxylation of alpha-ketoglutarate is catalyzed by this complex

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alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex

6
Q

coenzymes of the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase

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TPP, lipoate and FAD

7
Q

alpha-ketogluturate dehydrogenase complex is anlagous to this complex of glycolysis

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pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

8
Q

This substrate is used and regenerated in each turn of the cycle

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Oxaloacetate

9
Q

When cells use intermediates of TCA or biosythetic rxns, the carbons must be replaced by anaplerotic rxns like this

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pyruvate carboxylase reaction

10
Q

anaplerotic definiton

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filling-up

11
Q

Where TCA cycle occurs

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mitochondrion

12
Q

Flux of RCA is coordinated with the rate of these 2 things

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electron-transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation

13
Q

This reflects demand for ATP in TCA cycle

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feedback

14
Q

Change the rate of ATP utilization

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response of enzyme to ADP, NADH/NAD+ ratio, rate of FAD(2H) oxidation [Ca2+]

15
Q

2 consequences of impaired TCA cycle

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  1. inability to generate ATP from fuel oxidation 2. accumulation of TCA cycle precursors
16
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most common cause of impaired function of the TCA cycle

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lack of oxygen to accept electrons in electron-transport chain

17
Q

this DNA is not bound to histones in a chromatin structure

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mitochondrial DNA

18
Q

within each cell there is multiple ______ and each of these also has multiple copies of this_____.

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mitochondria, genome

19
Q

mitochondria diseases

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diminshed capactity to create energy, neuro problems (seizures, MR, epilepsy), progressive diseases

20
Q

elevated ROS production found in these diseases

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cancer and diabetes

21
Q

2 carbons into TCA yieds

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2 CO2

22
Q

this enzyme links glycolysis to the TCA cycle

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PDH

23
Q

protein transport that transports pyruvate into the mitochondria

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mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC)

24
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number of subunits in puruvate dehydrogenase

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4

25
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acitivator of PDH kinase

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acetyl CoA NADH

26
Q

inhibitor of PDH kinase

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pyruvate ADP

27
Q

activates PDH phosphatase

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Ca 2+

28
Q

oxaloacet + acetyl CoA –> citrate, enzyme?

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citrate synthase (4C + 2C = 6C)

29
Q

succinate dehydrogenase oxidizes succiate making this and reducing this substrate

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double C bond, FAD

30
Q

tumor supressor enzyme

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SDH

31
Q

net result of TCA

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3 NADH + H+, 1 FAD(2H) + 1 GTP = 10 ATP

32
Q

amine transfer cofactor

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PLP

33
Q

rxn in TCA that have positive delta g

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malate –> oxaloacetate, citrate –>isocitrate

34
Q

irreversible reactions of TCA cycle

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those catalyzed by citrate synthase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase

35
Q

ratio of citrate to isocitrate

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20:01

36
Q

source of acetyl CoA

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beta oxidation of fa, ketone bodies, acetate, glucose, alanine and serine, leucine and isoleucine

37
Q

major anaplerotic enzymes in cell

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pyruvate carboxylase

38
Q

only enzyme embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane

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succinate dehydrogenase

39
Q

extreme muscle pain during exertion, lack of ammonia build-up, mutation on the gene coding of muscle specific AMPD1 isoform of AMP deaminase

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myoadenylate deaminase deficiency

40
Q

TCA cylcle product that enters the electron transport chain

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NADH

41
Q

electron flow in the chain Hydrogen to this location

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intermembrane space

42
Q

complex order ETC w/NADH

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I, III, IV

43
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complex order Etc w/FAD

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II, III, IV

44
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Oxidation of one NADH pumps this many protons

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4

45
Q

major source of ROS

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CoQ to molecular oxygen

46
Q

complex I, # protons

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nADH dehydrogenase, 4

47
Q

complex III, # protons

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cytochrome b-c1 complex, 4

48
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complex Iv, # protons

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cytochrome c oxidase, 2

49
Q

product of etc

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water

50
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complex II, # protons

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succinate dehyrogenase, 0

51
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protons pumped NADH, FAD

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10, 6

52
Q

twelve protons complete one turn of rotos and generate ?

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3 ATP

53
Q

of alpha beta pairs in stalk of ATP synthase

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3

54
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excess energy from NADH –> H20

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used to make use warm blooded

55
Q

when electron transport stops

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at rest, ATP to ADP is high, no final acceptor of electron (no oxygen)

56
Q

this proton channel allows fat to be used for heat

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UCP1 (thermogenin, uncoupling protein)

57
Q

chemical uncoupler used to lose weight

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DNP (dinitrophenol)

58
Q

energy for transport across inner mitochondrial membrane comes from

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electrochemical and pH gradient

59
Q

3 basic type of transporters

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antiporters, symporters, uniporters

60
Q

mitochondrial permeability transition pore is brought on by this

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hypoxia

61
Q

block complex I

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pesticide, barbituate

62
Q

block complex III

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antimycin A

63
Q

block complex IV

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cyanide, CO, Azide

64
Q

Block complex V

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Oligomycin

65
Q

Block mitochondrial DNA replication

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AZT

66
Q

PDH subunits

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e1-pyruvate decarboxylase(TPP)
E2-transacetylase (lipoate)
E3-dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase (NAD+,FAD)
X-transacetylase(Co-ASH)

67
Q

Anaplerotic reaction to make oxaloacetate.

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Pyruvate via pyruvate carboxylase. Activated by acetyl coA

68
Q

disease characterized by inability to control movements, seizures etc

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leigh’s disease

69
Q

cause of leigh’s disease

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inherited mutation in the gene encoding E1alpha subunit of PDH