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<ref>{{website1| title=Exercise-Induced Metabolic Acidosis: Where do the Protons come from?|url=http://www.sportsci.org/jour/0102/rar.htm|}}</ref> | <ref>{{website1| title=Exercise-Induced Metabolic Acidosis: Where do the Protons come from?|url=http://www.sportsci.org/jour/0102/rar.htm|}}</ref> | ||
<scene name='Keegan_Gelvoria_Sandbox_1/N_c_rainbow/null'>Pyruvate Kinase</scene> catalyzes the final reaction of glycolysis. It couples the free energy of PEP cleavage to the generation of ATP during the synthesis of the final product, pyruvate. | <scene name='Keegan_Gelvoria_Sandbox_1/N_c_rainbow/null'>Pyruvate Kinase</scene> catalyzes the final reaction of glycolysis. It couples the free energy of PEP cleavage to the generation of ATP during the synthesis of the final product, pyruvate. This reaction necessitates both K+ and Mg2+ cations, which has two steps. The first step is the nucleophilic attack of the PEP phosphorous atom by β-phosphoryl oxygen of ADP; this step displaces enolpyruvate while forming ATP. In the second step, enolpyruvate tautomerizes to pyruvate <ref>{{book |author=Voet, Donald; Voet, Judith C.; Pratt, Charlotte W.|title=Fundamentals of Biochemistry: Life at the Molecular Level|edition= 3|pages=502|}}</ref>. The formation of a high-energy intermediate by enolase in the 9th reaction of glycolysis allows for the synthesis of ATP in this reaction. Though the hydrolysis of 2PG is insufficient in driving the synthesis of ATP, the dehydration of 2PG allows for such a reaction to occur by forming a high-energy intermediate. The high potential of PEP reflects the large release of energy that occurs with the conversion of enolpyruvate to its keto tautomer, pyruvate <ref>{{book |author=Voet, Donald; Voet, Judith C.; Pratt, Charlotte W.|title=Fundamentals of Biochemistry: Life at the Molecular Level|edition= 3|pages=503|}}</ref>. | ||
==Kinetics and Regulation== | ==Kinetics and Regulation== | ||
In the glycolytic cycle, there are three compounds that have a large negative ∆G which includes the reaction pyruvate kinase catalyzes. Due to these three steps regulating the overall activity of the cycle, they are generally irreversible in vivo. Through numerous studies, the activity of pyruvate kinase has been found to be regulated by these effectors <ref>{{article |author=Dann, Leighton G.; Britton, Hubert G.|title=Kinetics and Mechanism of Action of Muscle Pyruvate Kinase|volume=169|pages=39-54|}}</ref>.: | In the glycolytic cycle, there are three compounds that have a large negative ∆G which includes the reaction pyruvate kinase catalyzes. Due to these three steps regulating the overall activity of the cycle, they are generally irreversible in vivo. Through numerous studies, the activity of pyruvate kinase has been found to be regulated by these effectors <ref>{{article |author=Dann, Leighton G.; Britton, Hubert G.|title=Kinetics and Mechanism of Action of Muscle Pyruvate Kinase|volume=169|pages=39-54|}}</ref>.: | ||
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As indicated earlier, phosphoenolpyruvate can enhance the activity of the reaction by adding into the enzyme because it is the rate limiting step. The enzyme follows hyperbolic kinetics. Experiments found that no incorporation was found in the reaction, indicating a random, rapid dissociation of the products. This, then, assumes that the products inhibit the enzyme’s reaction by simply reversing the reaction. Both pyruvate and ATP have been shown to be non-competitive inhibitors of pyruvate kinase. <ref>{{article |author=Dann, Leighton G.; Britton, Hubert G.|title=Kinetics and Mechanism of Action of Muscle Pyruvate Kinase|volume=169|pages=39-54|}}</ref>. | As indicated earlier, phosphoenolpyruvate can enhance the activity of the reaction by adding into the enzyme because it is the rate limiting step. The enzyme follows hyperbolic kinetics. Experiments found that no incorporation was found in the reaction, indicating a random, rapid dissociation of the products. This, then, assumes that the products inhibit the enzyme’s reaction by simply reversing the reaction. Both pyruvate and ATP have been shown to be non-competitive inhibitors of pyruvate kinase. <ref>{{article |author=Dann, Leighton G.; Britton, Hubert G.|title=Kinetics and Mechanism of Action of Muscle Pyruvate Kinase|volume=169|pages=39-54|}}</ref>. | ||
==Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency== | ==Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency== | ||