Gluconeogenesis

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Mind Map on Gluconeogenesis, created by Fern Chipperfield on 05/03/2015.
Fern Chipperfield
Mind Map by Fern Chipperfield, updated more than 1 year ago
Fern Chipperfield
Created by Fern Chipperfield almost 11 years ago
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Gluconeogenesis
  1. Function
    1. To form Glucose from non-carbohydrate sources when thier isnt enough carbohydrate available
      1. Takes place in: 90% in the liver and 10% in the kidneys
        1. Uses ATP
        2. Starting Material
          1. LACTATE in Muscle, travels to the liver to be broken down into pyruvate, then goes though gluconeogenesis
            1. GLYCEROL from break down of fats from beta-oxidiation
              1. NOT FATTY ACIDS
              2. PYRUVATE: combines with CO2 +ATP+ H2O = OXALOACETATE + ADP +Pi + 2H+
                1. OXALOACETATE is reduced to MALATE by MALATE DEHYDROGENASE and NADH + H+ to get though to the cytosol
                  1. MALATE is then OXIDISED back to OXALOACETATE by NAD+
                    1. OXALOACETATE combines with GTP = Phosphophenolpyruvate using the enzyme PHOSPHOPHENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE
                      1. PYRUVATE goes in via PHOSPHOPHENOL PYRUVATE
                2. GLYCEROL
                  1. GLYCEROL froms GLYCEROL PHOSPHATE using the enzyme GLYCEROL KINASE
                    1. GLYCEROL KINASE then forms DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE byt GLYCEROL PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE
                      1. GLYCEROL goes into DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE
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