Assignment problem: A metabolic pathway that runs parallel to glycolysis is the pentose phosphate pathway, which is also known as the phosphogluconate pathway, the hexose monophosphate shunt, and the HMP Shunt.In addition to ribose 5-phosphate, a precursor for the synthesis of nucleotides, it produces NADPH, pentoses (sugars with five carbon atoms), and pentoses.Although glucose is oxidized in the pentose phosphate pathway, its primary function is anabolic rather than catabolic.
1. Generate the five molecules of the pentose-phosphate pathway;
2. How does the pentose phosphate pathway become an intermediate process in the xylulose-5-phosphate utilization reactions? This pathway is especially important in red blood cells.
3. Justify/falsify;Substrate-level phosphorylation is the process of oxidizing glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate.
4. Identify the location of the Glycolysis zone's synthesis reaction;
5. Describe or calculate the 24 ATP molecules produced by the TCA cycle;
6. Describe the TCA cycle's initial step, which serves as the foundation for lipid metabolism.
7. Which type of enzymes are present in the glyoxylate cycle? Elaborate
8. Falsify; (The enzyme PEP deaminase converts PEP) to oxaloacetate.
9. Establish a connection between the fundamental components of the oxidation of carbohydrates, lipids, and amino acids and the entire TCA cycle.
10. Explain the inability of protein molecules to enter the cell and be used for energy production.