3. Glycolysis
Breaking down glucose
“glyco – lysis” (splitting sugar)
glucose → → → → → pyruvate
2x 3C
6C
In the
cytosol?
Why does
that make
evolutionary
sense?
ancient pathway which harvests energy
where energy transfer first evolved
transfer energy from organic molecules to ATP
still is starting point for ALL cellular respiration
but it’s inefficient
generate only 2 ATP for every 1 glucose
occurs in cytosol
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That’s not enough
ATP for me!
4. Evolutionary perspective
Prokaryotes
first cells had no organelles
Enzymes
of glycolysis are
“well-conserved”
Anaerobic atmosphere
life on Earth first evolved without free oxygen (O2)
in atmosphere
energy had to be captured from organic molecules
in absence of O2
Prokaryotes that evolved glycolysis are ancestors
of all modern life
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ALL cells still utilize glycolysis
You mean
we’re related?
Do I have to invite
them over for
the holidays?
5. Overview
glucose
C-C-C-C-C-C
10 reactions
enzyme
enzyme
2 ATP
2 ADP
convert
fructose-1,6bP
glucose (6C) to
P-C-C-C-C-C-C-P
enzyme
enzyme
2 pyruvate (3C)
enzyme
produces:
DHAP
G3P
4 ATP & 2 NADH P-C-C-C C-C-C-P
2H
consumes:
2Pi enzyme
2 ATP
enzyme
net yield:
2Pi
enzyme
2 ATP & 2 NADH
DHAP = dihydroxyacetone phosphate
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= glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
pyruvate
C-C-C
2 NAD+
2
4 ADP
4 ATP
6. Glycolysis summary
endergonic
invest some ATP
ENERGY INVESTMENT
-2 ATP
ENERGY PAYOFF
G3P
C-C-C-P
4 ATP
exergonic
harvest a little
ATP & a little NADH
like $$
in the
bank
NET YIELD
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net yield
2 ATP
2 NADH
7. 1st half of glycolysis (5 reactions)
Glucose “priming”
get glucose ready
to split
phosphorylate
ADP
P
CH2 O
O
P O
P
CH2
CH2
O
CH2OH
Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate
O CH2
C
4,5 aldolase
isomerase
O Dihydroxyacetone
CH2OH phosphate
Glyceraldehyde 3
-phosphate (G3P)
Pi
NAD+
Pi
6
glyceraldehyde
NADH
NADH
3-phosphate
P
dehydrogenase
1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate 1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate
(BPG)
(BPG)
NAD+
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O
CH2 O
O
Glucose 6-phosphate
2
Fructose 6-phosphate
3
ATP
phosphofructokinase
split destabilized
glucose
P
ADP
phosphoglucose
isomerase
glucose
molecular
rearrangement
CH2OH
Glucose
1
ATP
hexokinase
H
C O
CHOH
CH2 O
O
P
O
CHOH
CH2 O
P
O
P
8. 2nd half of glycolysis (5 reactions)
DHAP
P-C-C-C
Energy Harvest
NADH production
G3P donates H
oxidizes the sugar
reduces NAD+
NAD+ → NADH
Pi
NAD+
phosphorylation”
ADP → ATP
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Payola!
Finally some
ATP!
Pi
6
NAD+
NADH
NADH
7
phosphoglycerate
kinase
ADP
ATP
3-Phosphoglycerate
(3PG)
ADP
ATP
3-Phosphoglycerate
(3PG)
8
phosphoglyceromutase
ATP production
G3P → → → pyruvate
PEP sugar donates P
“substrate level
G3P
C-C-C-P
2-Phosphoglycerate
(2PG)
Phosphoenolpyruvate
(PEP)
ADP
H2O
Phosphoenolpyruvate
(PEP)
10
pyruvate kinase
ADP
O P
ATP
Pyruvate
C O
H C O
CH2OH
P
OC
C
CH2
O
O
OC
ATP
Pyruvate
CHOH
CH2
O-
2-Phosphoglycerate
(2PG)
9
enolase
H2O
OC
O
C O
CH3
P
9. Substrate-level Phosphorylation
In the last steps of glycolysis, where did
the P come from to make ATP?
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the sugar substrate O
(PEP) enolase
H
H2O
2
P is transferred
from PEP to ADP
kinase enzyme
ADP → ATP
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Phosphoenolpyruvate
(PEP)
ADP
Phosphoenolpyruvate
(PEP)
10
pyruvate kinase
Pyruvate
I get it!
The Pi came
directly from
the substrate!
Pyruvate
C
C
CH2
O
O
OC
ATP
ATP
ATP
ADP
O-
O
C O
CH3
P
10. Energy accounting of glycolysis
2 ATP
2 ADP
glucose → → → → →
pyruvate
2x 3C
6C
4 ADP
4 ATP
2 NAD+
2
Net gain = 2 ATP + 2 NADH
All that work!
And that’s all
I get?
But
glucose has
so much more
to give!
some energy investment (-2 ATP)
small energy return (4 ATP + 2 NADH)
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1 6C sugar → 2 3C sugars
11. Is that all there is?
Not a lot of energy…
for 1 billon years+ this is how life on Earth
survived
no O2 = slow growth, slow reproduction
only harvest 3.5% of energy stored in glucose
more carbons to strip off = more energy to harvest
O2
O2
O2
O2
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O2
glucose → → → → pyruvate
2x 3C
6C
Hard way
to make
a living!
12. But can’t stop there!
G3P
DHAP
NAD+
raw materials → products
NADH
NAD+
NADH
Pi
6
1,3-BPG
NAD+
Pi
NADH
NAD+
1,3-BPG
NADH
7
ADP
Glycolysis
Pi
Pi
ADP
ATP
ATP
3-Phosphoglycerate
(3PG)
3-Phosphoglycerate
(3PG)
2-Phosphoglycerate
(2PG)
2-Phosphoglycerate
(2PG)
glucose + 2ADP + 2Pi + 2 NAD+ → 2 pyruvate + 2ATP + 2NADH
8
Going to run out of NAD+
H2O
9
without regenerating NAD+,
energy production would stop! Phosphoenolpyruvate
(PEP)
another molecule must accept HADP
10
from NADH
ATP
so
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NAD+ is freed up for another round
Pyruvate
H2O
Phosphoenolpyruvate
(PEP)
ADP
ATP
Pyruvate
13. How is NADH recycled to NAD+?
Another molecule
must accept H
from NADH
H2O
O2
recycle
NADH
with oxygen
without oxygen
aerobic respiration
anaerobic respiration
“fermentation”
pyruvate
NAD+
NADH
acetyl-CoA
CO2
NADH
NAD+
lactate
acetaldehyde
NADH
NAD+
lactic acid
fermentation
which path you
use depends on
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who you are…
Krebs
cycle
ethanol
alcohol
fermentation
14. Fermentation (anaerobic)
Bacteria, yeast
pyruvate → ethanol + CO2
3C
NADH
2C
NAD+
beer, wine, bread
1C
back to glycolysis→→
Animals, some fungi
pyruvate → lactic acid
3C
NADH
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3C
+
NADback to glycolysis→→
cheese, anaerobic exercise (no O2)
15. Alcohol Fermentation
pyruvate → ethanol + CO2
3C
NADH
2C
NAD+ back to glycolysis→→
Dead end process
at ~12% ethanol,
kills yeast
can’t reverse the
reaction
Count the
carbons!
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1C
bacteria
yeast
recycle
NADH
16. Lactic Acid Fermentation
pyruvate → lactic acid
→
3C
NADH
3C
NAD+ back to glycolysis→→
Reversible process
once O2 is available,
lactate is converted
back to pyruvate by
the liver
Count the
carbons!
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O2
animals
some fungi
recycle
NADH
17. Pyruvate is a branching point
Pyruvate
O2
O2
fermentation
anaerobic
respiration
mitochondria
Krebs cycle
aerobic respiration
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19. H+
And how do we do that? H
+
H+
H+
H+
H
+
H+
H+
ATP synthase
set up a H+ gradient
allow H+ to flow
through ATP synthase
powers bonding
of Pi to ADP
ADP + P
ADP + Pi → ATP
ATP
H+
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But… Have we done that yet?
Why does it make sense that this happens in the cytosol?
Who evolved first?
The enzymes of glycolysis are very similar among all organisms. The genes that code for them are highly conserved.
They are a good measure for evolutionary studies. Compare eukaryotes, bacteria & archaea using glycolysis enzymes.
Bacteria = 3.5 billion years ago
glycolysis in cytosol = doesn’t require a membrane-bound organelle
O2 = 2.7 billion years ago
photosynthetic bacteria / proto-blue-green algae
Eukaryotes = 1.5 billion years ago
membrane-bound organelles!
Processes that all life/organisms share:
Protein synthesis
Glycolysis
DNA replication
1st ATP used is like a match to light a fire…
initiation energy / activation energy.
Destabilizes glucose enough to split it in two
Glucose is a stable molecule it needs an activation energy to break it apart.
phosphorylate it = Pi comes from ATP.
make NADH & put it in the bank for later.
And that’s how life subsisted for a billion years.
Until a certain bacteria ”learned” how to metabolize O2; which was previously a poison.
But now pyruvate is not the end of the process
Pyruvate still has a lot of energy in it that has not been captured.
It still has 3 carbons bonded together! There is still energy stored in those bonds. It can still be oxidized further.
So why does glycolysis still take place?
Count the carbons!!
Lactic acid is not a dead end like ethanol. Once you have O2 again, lactate is converted back to pyruvate by the liver and fed to the Kreb’s cycle.