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This document provides an overview of bioenergetics and related concepts. It covers topics such as metabolism, metabolic pathways, chemical bond formation and breakage, as well as group transfer and redox reactions.

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Bioenergetics and metabolism Metabolism: a highly coordinated cellular activity in which many multi-enzyme systems (metabolic pathways) cooperate to: - obtain chemical energy by capturing solar energy or degrading energy-rich nutrients from the environment; - convert nutrien...

Bioenergetics and metabolism Metabolism: a highly coordinated cellular activity in which many multi-enzyme systems (metabolic pathways) cooperate to: - obtain chemical energy by capturing solar energy or degrading energy-rich nutrients from the environment; - convert nutrient molecules into the cell’s own characteristic molecules, monomeric precursors, etc; - polymerize monomeric precursors into macromolecules (proteins, polysaccharides, nucleic acids) - synthesize and degrade biomacromolecules required for specialized cellular functions (membrane lipids, intracellular messengers, pigments, etc) Metabolic pathways involve specific chemical transformation that convert precursors (CO2, glucose, etc) into products via various chemical intermediates called metabolites. Life on Earth - carbon based; depending on chemical form of carbon used: - autotrophs - use CO2 from atmosphere as main C source; self-sufficient - heterotrophs – use complex organic molecules (glucose); must subsist to the products of autotrophs and other organisms 2 Cell function: Muscle Contraction Active Transport Thermogenesis Reductive, Oxidative, endergonic exergonic Energy Energy Utilization (Biosynthesis) (Biodegradation) Production require energy Independent control of anabolism and catabolism is very important 3 Types of metabolic pathways 4 Chemical bond formation and breakage (rane) gets both electrons 99.9% 5 1. Reactions that make or break C-C bonds C-C Carbonyls often involved due to their ability to stabilize α-carbanions 7 2. Isomerisation and elimination reactions - isomerisation: - elimination: 8 3. Group Transfer Reactions - transfer of a group (e.g. acyl, glycosyl, phosphoryl, etc) from one nucleophile to another (nucleophilic substitution): 9 Inorganic phosphate groups are an important leaving groups in many biochemical reactions - (orto)phosphate: tetrahedral structure, similarly with the structure of water: (charge is delocalized on all 4 O atoms !) 10 Inorganic phosphate groups are an important leaving groups in many biochemical reactions - pyrophosphate can also act as leaving group: nucleophile hexokinase leaving group 11 Bioenergetics and thermodynamics - considering the general reaction: kdir aA + bB cC + dD kinv - at equilibrium the rate of the direct reaction equals the rate of the inverse reaction: vdir = kdir [A]a[B]b = vinv = kinv [C]c[D]d kdir [A]a[B]b = kinv [C]c[D]d k cd d i r [ C ] [D ] K = e q = k ab v[ i n A ][ B ] - the relationship between equilibrium constant, G0 (standard free-energy change), and temperature:  0_ G=R Tl nKe q (the force driving the system towards equilibrium) 12 In biochemistry, by convention: (at pH = 7, [H2O] = 55.5 M) [Mg2+] = 1 mM 13 14 13 ☆ fats are evolved to be selected as long term energy reserve. 15 Consecutive reactions - biochemical pathways - G values in a pathway are additive; if the sum is negative, then the pathway can proceed in the forward direction - the free energy change for ATP hydrolysis is large and negative; phosphorylation is done with ATP instead of phosphate: 16 Three reasons why ATP “likes” ☆☆ to lose its terminal phosphate 1 A fourth reason is the products of 2 3 ATP hydrolysis are more easily solvated and are thus more stable. The products are more stable than the ATP in all cases 17 Mg2+ shields negative charges in ATP and ADP 18 Other compounds with large free energy of hydrolysis charging OH into double bond 0 more stable Kep = 1012 more poin m.pe t is to move trash key = 10" 19 Other compounds with large free energy of hydrolysis stabe creatin ☆ structure muscles 20 Example: ATP → ADP + P ∆G = - 30.5 kJ/mol Glu + P → Glu-6P ∆G = + 13.8 kJ/mol Glu + ATP → Glu-6P + ADP ∆G = - 16.7 kJ/mol 21 Other compounds with large free energy of hydrolysis 22 Acetyl-CoA * 23 ATP provides energy by group transfers, not simple hydrolysis 24 ATP provides energy by group transfers, not simple hydrolysis Highest energy ☆☆ ☆ High energy compounds can donate phosphates to lower energy (lower energy compare to compounds. top three) Kinases are responsible for these types of reactions. 25 Chemical versatility of ATP (the position of the nucleophilic attack can be determined via 18O labeling) ATP can donate: phosphoryl, pyrophosphoryl or adenylyl groups26 ∆G = - 46 KJ/mol Energy is needed for the condensation and ordered elongation of the monomeric units of DNA, RNA and proteins. This energy can be derived by the breaking of phosphoanhydrides of the ∆G = - 19 KJ/mol component nucleoside triphosphates (NTPs) 27 Transphosphorylation between nucleotides - for DNA elongation we need all four NTPs; their synthesis is achieved by phosphorylation of NDPs with ATP: N u c le o s i d e d ip h o s p h a te k in a s e A TP + N D P (or dN D P) A D P + N T P (or dN TP) A d e n y la t e k in a s e  G 'o = 0 2A DP A TP + A M P C r e a t in e k in a s e A DP + PCr A TP + C r  G ' o = - 1 2.5 k J /m o l (important in ATP regeneration in muscles) 28 4. Biological oxidation-reduction reactions - various oxidation states for C: - typical redox reaction: most oxidiase 29 Biological oxidation-reduction reactions - Oxidation States of Carbon Toxi LEO # of e- owned by C decreases as oxidation increases 30 Biological Oxidations and Reductions (LEO and GER) Oxidation - not only the addition of oxygen but refers to any reaction where electrons are removed. (loss oxyger) Reduction - addition of electrons - often a molecule will pick up a proton at the same time an electron is added - net effect is the addition of hydrogen: A + e- + H+ → AH Thus hydrogenations are reductions and dehydrogenations are oxidations. In biological systems, electrons are transferred most often in the following forms: 1. as hydride ions :H- a proton plus two electrons H+ + 2.e- 2. as hydrogen atoms.H a proton plus an electron H+ +.e- 3. directly.e- 31 Oxidation of biochemical substrates Common scheme: dehydrogenation (oxidation) → hydration → dehydrogenation (oxidation) Note that protons and electrons are transferred to and from cofactors (NAD+, FAD, NADH, FADH2, etc) calbonly most stable form 32 Redox Pairs:An oxidation is always accompanied by a reduction. - the tendency to gain electrons can be measured by the standard reduction potential (E'o) in volts get reduced The more positive E'o the stronger the oxidizing agent and the > the tendency to accept electrons. The more negative E'o the > the tendency to lose electrons and the stronger the reducing agent. gets oxidine Oxidation- Reduction Oxidation- Reduction Reaction Reaction - Reaction occurs to the right if Go' is < 0 reducing agent ◦ kidizing agent NADH NADH + +H + H+ FMN FMN - Go' the change in free energy is directly related to E'o = Eo for oxidation oxidation reduction semireaction + Eo reduction semireaction Redox Pair E0 (V) + + NAD NAD FMNH FMNH22 2H+/H2 (at pH = 7) - 0.42 + NADH + NADH +HH+ FMN FMN + + 2e - 2e + - + 2H 2H + + NAD+/NADH - 0.32 FMN/FMNH2 - 0.22 NAD+ NAD + + + 2e - 2e + - + 2H 2H + + FMNH FMNH22 Pyruvate/Lactate - 0.19 Redox Redox Pair Pair Redox Redox Pair Pair Eo = -- 0.22 0.22 volt volt 1/2O2 + 2H+/H2O + 0.82 Eo E =+ o= -- 0.32 0.32 volt volt E o= 33 E = Eo+ RT ln electron acceptor  electron donator at 25 o C 0.026V electron acceptor E = Eo+ ln electron donator  ΔE must be positive G = -  E for ΔG < 0 i.e. G is directly related to E0 E- d' T=298 oK =25o C R= 8.315 J/mol.K  = # electrons transferred per molecule  = 96.48 kJ/V.mol (Faraday) 34 NAD+/NADH redox system Image:Pellagra NIH.jpg Pellagra (it: pelle agra = rough skin) lack of niacin 13-3 - 3D’s: dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea Precursor (essential)36 FAD/FADH2 redox system Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) - in cereal, nuts, milk, eggs, green leafy vegetables, lean meat - deficiency: Ariboflavinosis (angular cheilitis → itchy eyes, light sensitivity, dermatitis, anemia) 37 Goals and Objectives Upon completion of this lecture at minimum you should be able to answer the following: ►What is metabolism, what are metabolic pathways and metabolites? ►Which are the two main metabolic pathways and what are their characteristics? ►Which are the main characteristics of chemical bond formation and breakage? ►Which are the main reaction classes in biochemistry? ►Which are the main reactions that make or break C-C bonds? ►How do isomerisation and elimination reaction proceed? ► What group transfer reactions do you know, and what are their main particularities? What common leaving groups are encountered in these reactions and what are their main particularities? ►How is ΔG influencing bioenergetics and thermodynamics of simple and consecutive reactions, and how is ΔG correlated with Keq and ΔE? ►Which are the main properties of ATP and other compounds with large free energy of hydrolysis? How is the chemical energy stored in these compounds transferred? ►Which are the main characteristics of redox reactions, what type of important redox cofactors do you know, what is their structure and what diseases are associated to their absence in the organism? 39 Drugs and Diseases ►Diseases: pellagra, ariboflavinosis ►Drugs: niacin (vitamin B3), riboflavin (vitamin B2) 40

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