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Biochemistry Glycolysis III
This lecture covers the mechanisms of steps 5 – 10 of glycolysis. Step five converts dihydroxyacetone phosphate to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. Step six oxidizes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate to 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate (BPG) using enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-aldehyde dehydrogenase. Step seven is the phosphoryl transfer from BPG to form ATP via nucleophilic substitution using phosphoroglycerate kinase. Step eight converts 3-phosphoglycerate to 2-phosphoglycerate, a reaction involving two nucleophilic substitutions catalyzed by phosphoglycerate mutase. Step nine is the dehydration of 2-phosphoglycerate to form phosphoenol pyruvate. The final step involves the substrate-level transfer of a phosphoryl group to ADP, which forms ATP. The lecture ends with the overall “balance sheet” for glycolysis, covering the electrons, phosphoryl groups, and carbons involved.
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Post by Sara Tee on September 21, 2020
Hello prof Raffi,
I finished watching the entire Metabolism series. I tried to string things together. I have one question regarding the reduction of NAD+. You know how there is always an H+ as the product of NAD+ reduction (NAD+ --> NADH + H+). For some reaction such as reaction 3 in Citric acid cycle (oxidation of Isocitrate to alpha-ketoglutarate), I understand the H+ comes from the H on the O of the HO-C-H (NAD+ get the Hydride attached directly to the C).
However, for reaction 6 of glycolysis, the area that reduce NAD+ was not HO-C-H; it is rather H-C=O. I can see the Hydride on the substrate that reduces NAD+; I don't know where the H+ come from for this particular rxn 6 of Glycolysis. Could you help me clarify?
Many thanks!
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Tue Jul 31, 2018 12:30 AM
Post by Swati Sharma on July 27, 2018
Dear Professor,
I carefully studied all the mechanisms as you were writing I was writing too . I was wondering if these mechanisms would be asked in the MCAT Biochemistry section or what kind of questions should I be prepared from on the mechanisms?. I would be grateful if you could just let me know any kind of random questions on mechanisms.
I am preparing for MCAT on my own I just hope I am doing fine. I am preparing from your detailed lectures so that I can deal with any Biochemistry passages.
Regards
Swati
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Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:32 PM
Post by Alan Delez on March 26, 2014
Hi Dr. Hovasapian,
On step 10 I was wondering why the carboxylate does not protonate