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Biochemistry
Krebs Cycle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Krebs cycle also known as? | Citric acid cycle, Tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA)) |
| Where in the cell does the Krebs cycle take place? | Mitochondrial matrix |
| What are the regulatory enzymes of the Krebs cycle? | Citrate synthase, Isocitrate dehydrogenase, Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase |
| How many steps are there in the Krebs cycle? | 8 (not including the production of cis-aconitate) |
| How many ATP are produced per turn of TCA cycle? | 12 ATP |
| How many ATP are produced in the Kreb Cycle per glucose molecule? | 24 ATP |
| How many NADH molecules are produced per turn of TCA cycle? | 3 |
| How many FADH2 molecules are produced per turn of TCA cycle? | 1 |
| How many GTP molecules are produced per turn of TCA cycle? | 1 |
| How many ATP are produced from the 3 NADH in the Krebs cycle? | 9 ATP (via ETC) |
| How many ATP are produced from the 1 FADH2 in the Krebs cycle? | 2 ATP (via ETC) |
| How many ATP are produced from the 1 GTP in the Krebs cycle? | 1 ATP (substrate level phosphorylation) |
| What are all the steps of the Krebs cycle? | Oxaloacetate to Citrate to Cis-aconitate to Isocitrate, to Alpha-ketoglutarate, Succinyl CoA to Succinate to Fumarate to Malate back to Oxaloacetate |
| Krebs cycle pneumonic | Our Cousin Ciselia Is Kissing Sixty Six French Men |
| Acetyl CoA is a how many carbon compound? | 2 |
| What does acetyl-CoA combine with when entering the Krebs cycle? | Oxaloacetate |
| Oxaloacetate is a how many carbon compound? | 4 |
| In Krebs cycle, when oxaloacetate binds with acetyl-coA, what is formed? | Citrate |
| Citrate is a how many carbon compound? | 6 |
| What enzyme is used to go from oxaloacetate and acetyl-CoA to citrate? | Citrate synthase |
| In the Krebs cycle, what does citrate turn into? | Cis-aconitate (sometimes viewed as next step) or Isocitrate (more commonly viewed as next step) |
| Cis-aconitate is a how may carbon compound? | 6 |
| In the Krebs cycle, what does aconitase turn into? | Isocitrate |
| What enzyme is used to go from citrate to aconitase to isocitrate? | Aconitase |
| Isocitrate is a how many carbon compound? | 6 |
| In the Krebs cycle, what does isocitrate turn into? | Alpha-ketoglutarate |
| What enzyme is used to go from isocitrate to alpha-ketoglutarate? | Isocitrate dehydrogenase |
| Alpha-keto glutarate is a how many carbon compound? | 5 |
| In the Krebs cycle, what does alpha-ketoglutarate turn into? | Succinyl-CoA |
| What enzyme is used to go from alpha-ketoglutarate to succinyl-coA? | Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase |
| Succinyl-CoA is a how many carbon compound? | 4 |
| In the Krebs cycle, what does succinyl-CoA turn into? | Succinate |
| What enzyme is used to go from succinyl-CoA to succinate? | Succinate Thiokinase |
| Succinate is a how many carbon compound? | 4 |
| In the Krebs cycle, what does succinate turn into? | Fumarate |
| What enzyme is used to go from succinate to fumarate? | Succinate Dehydrogenase |
| Fumarate is a how many carbon compound? | 4 |
| In the Krebs cycle, what does fumarate turn into? | Malate |
| What enzyme is used to go from fumarate to malate? | Fumarase |
| Malate is a how many carbon compound? | 4 |
| In the Krebs cycle, what does malate go to? | Oxaloacetate |
| What enzyme is used to go from malate to oxaloacetate? | Malate Dehydrogenase |
| What steps in the Krebs cycle produce the reduced coenzyme, NADH + H+? | Isocitrate to Alpha-ketoglutarate, Alpha-ketoglutarate to Succinyl-CoA, Malate to Oxaloacetate |
| What steps in the Krebs cycle produce the reduced coenzyme, FADH2? | Succinate to Fumarate |
| What steps in the Krebs cycle is there a substrate level phosphorylation? | Succinyl-Coa to Succinate (GTP is produced) |
| What steps in the Krebs cycle is there a decarboxylation taking place? | Isocitrate to Alpha-ketoglutarate, Alpha-ketoglutarate to Succinyl-CoA |