Glycolysis & Gluconeogenesis

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Overall Reaction for the Pathway

Glucose + 2 ADP + 2 Pi + 2 NAD+ ---> 2 Pyruvate + 2 ATP + 2 NADH + 2 H+ + 2 H2O

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Coenzymes
COHNP
a-D-Glucose
a-D-Glucose-6-phosphate
D-Fructose-6-phosphate
D-Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate + Dihydroxyacetone phosphate
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate
3-Phosphoglycerate
2-Phosphoglycerate
Phosphoenolpyruvate
Pyruvate


Gibbs Free Energy Changes

Rxn#EnzymeDG°'
(kJ/mol)
DG
(kJ/mol)
1Hexokinase -16.7-33.5
2Phosphoglucoisomerase +1.7-2.5
3Phosphofructokinase -14.2-22.2
4Aldolase +23.9-1.3
5Triose phosphate isomerase +7.6+2.5
6Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
dehydrogenase
+12.6-3.4
7Phosphoglycerate kinase -37.6+2.6
8Phosphoglycerate mutase +8.8+1.6
9Enolase +3.4-6.6
10Pyruvate kinase -62.8-33.4


The DG values are estimated from intracellular concentrations of glycolytic intermediates in rabbit skeletal muscle. N.B., the DG values after reaction number 5 are doubled since two G-3-P molecules exist after reaction number 5. (Mathews p.459)


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