Can someone please tell me which steps in glycolysis glucone
Can someone please tell me which steps in glycolysis, gluconeogenesis and CAC are reversible please?
Solution
1.Glycolysis reversible step are
Glucose 6phosphate to fructose 6phosphate
Fructose 1 6 bi phosphate to glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate and dihydroxy acetaldehyde
Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate to 1,3 bisphosphoglycerate
3 phosphoglycerate to 2 phosphoglycerate
2 phosphoglycerate to phosphoenolpyruvate
2.Gluconeogenesis reversible steps are same as glycolysis but they occur in reverse. Like phosphoenolpyruvate to 2 phosphoglycerate
2 phosphoglycerate to 3 phosphoglycerate likewise.,
3.citric acid cycle reversible steps are
Citrate to cis-aconitate
Cis-aconitate to isocitrate
Succinyl CO-A to succinate
Succinate to fumarate
Fumarate to malate
Malate to oxaloacetate
