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Lecture Presentation by
Nicole Tunbridge and
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Modified: O. Figueroa Santiago PhD
Key Concepts
▪ Metabolism
is an
emergent
property of
life that
arises from
orderly
interactions
between
molecules
Heat
CO2
H2O
Chemical
energy
+
released
Energy (∆G < 0)
reactants
Products +
products
Amount of
Free energy
energy energy
required
Energy (∆G > 0) +
Reactants
+ products
reactants
Progress of the reaction
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Equilibrium and Metabolism
∆G < 0 ∆G = 0
∆G < 0
∆G < 0
∆G < 0
P P P
ribose
Triphosphate group
Ribose
(3 phosphate groups)
H2O
Energy
P P P
Hydrolysis
(add water)
P P + P
Adenosine diphosphate (ADP)
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Figure 8.11
ATP ADP Pi
P Pi
Solute transported
(a) Transport work: ATP phosphorylates transport proteins.
ATP ADP Pi
ATP
Dehydration
(Remove H2O
P P + P
Adenosine diphosphate (ADP)
P P P
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Figure 8.12
ATP H2O
Substrate
Joins
Substrate Enzyme
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Induced Fit
▪ A change in the configuration of an enzyme’s active
site (H+ and ionic bonds are involved).
▪ Induced by the substrate.
Active Site
substrate
Enzyme
induced fit
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Figure 8.UN02
Sucrase
▪ Every chemical reaction between molecules involves bond breaking and bond
forming
needed to start a
C D
chemical reaction is
called the free energy Transition state
of activation,
or activation energy
A B
(EA) EA
Free energy
C D
▪ Activation energy is
often supplied in the Reactants
form of thermal A B
energy that the ∆G < O
reactant molecules C D
absorb from their
surroundings Products
Products
reaction EA
without without
EA with
enzyme enzyme enzyme
is lower
Free energy
Reactants
Course of ∆G is unaffected
reaction by enzyme
with enzyme
Products
▪ Enzymes do not affect the change in free energy (∆G); instead, they hasten reactions that would
occur eventually
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Substrate Specificity of Enzymes
Substrate
Active
site
Substrates
Enzyme-substrate
complex
5 Active site
is available
for new
substrates.
Enzyme
4 Products are
released. 3 Substrates are
converted to
Products products.
Rate of reaction
bacteria (77C)
0 6020 40
80 100 120
Temperature (C)
(a) Optimal temperature for two enzymes
0 1 5 26 3 4 7 8 9 10
pH
(b) Optimal pH for two enzymes
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Cofactors
Substrate Enzyme
CI
CI = Competitive inhibitor
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Inhibitors
Substrate Noncompetitive
Enzyme Inhibitor
active site
altered
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Figure 8.18
Substrate
Active site
Competitive
inhibitor
Enzyme
Noncompetitive
inhibitor
Regulatory
site (one Activator
of four) Active form Stabilized Inactive form Stabilized
active form active form
Oscillation
Non-
functional
active site
Inhibitor
Inactive form Stabilized
inactive form
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Feedback Inhibition
Enzyme 1
(threonine
Isoleucine
deaminase)
used up by
cell
Intermediate A
Feedback
Active
inhibition Enzyme 2
site no
longer
available; Intermediate B
pathway
is halted. Enzyme 3
Intermediate C
Isoleucine
binds to Enzyme 4
allosteric
site.
Intermediate D
Enzyme 5
End product
(isoleucine)
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Localization of Enzymes Within the Cell
▪ Trastorno genético
▪ carece de una enzima llamada glucocerebrosidasa.
▪ 1 por cada 50,000 a 1 por cada 100,000 personas
en la población general.
▪ judíos oriundos de Europa Central y Oriental
(asquenacíes).
▪ autosómica recesiva