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Reactions above show the conversion of pyruvate to PEP. This is a key regulatory

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Question

Reactions above show the conversion of pyruvate to PEP. This is a key regulatory point in which cycle? _______________

This process requires:

1) pyruvate carboxylase to convert pyruvate to _________ and PEP carboxykinase (PEPCK) to convert oxaloacetate to _________.

Would glucose level increase/decrease (circle one) if an inhibitor of pyruvate carboxylase were present?  

What about levels of citrate? Increase/decrease/no effect?

PO2 o O CH2-C-C-O Phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase? 0 PEPCK CH3-C-C-O- -o-c-CH2-C-?-0 Pyruvate Hco+ATP ADP+Pi Oxaloacetate GDP+co2 pyruvate (PEP) GTP

Explanation / Answer

In the cycle of gluconeogenesis

1) oxaloacetate, phosphoenolpyruvate

If inhibitor of carboxylase is present then the conversion of pyruvate to phosphoenolpyruvate would not take place.It takes place in a series of two steps pyruvate to oxaloacetate by pyruvate carboxylase and oxaloacetate to phosphoenolpyruvate by PEP carboxykinase.

Citrate level would be increased in case of gluconeogenesis.Citrate stimulates bisphosphatase.converts fructose-1,6 bisphosphate to fructose-6- phosphate.

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