Learning Objectives
Exam IV

Chapter 12: Introduction to Metabolism
 

•Describe regulation of metabolic pathways

•Explain and use thermodynamic principles in metabolic reactions

•Explain the difference between DG°' and DG' as criterion for spontaneity of chemical reactions

•Calculate either DG°' or DG'

•Describe various high energy molecules' roles: eg., ATP, NADH, etc.
 
 

Chapter 13: Carbohydrate Metabolism I: Glycolysis and...
 

•Know all the structures of glycolysis

•Know all the coenzymes of glycolysis

•Know the major points of regulation of glycolysis and the effectors of those enzymes

•Be able to do a balance sheet for any portion of pathway

•Know ethanol and lactate fermentation

•Know mechanisms of reactions given in lecture
 
 

Chapter 14: The Citric Acid Cycle and Pentose Phosphate Pathway
 

•Know the mechanism of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

•Know all the structures of CAC

•Know all the coenzymes of CAC

•Know the major points of regulation of CAC and effectors of those enzymes

•Be able to do a balance sheet for any portion of pathway from Glc to CO₂

•Know the fates of products of the CAC

•Know purposes of running pentose phosphate pathway instead of glycolysis

 

•Know the structures of pentose phosphate pathway as assigned