Dirty Medicine Glycolysis
Glucokinase Hexokinase
LOW affinity HIGH affinity
HIGH Km LOW Km
Acts as glucose sensor Basal glucose metabolism
ONLY uses glucose at high conc. Glucose ALL tissues
Liver & pancreatic b-cells
Glucokinase Hexokinase
= Rate-limiting Enzyme
Glucose-6-Phosphate
ATP
Citrate
&
Fructose-6-Phosphate
Insulin
Phosphofructokinase-1
Glucagon
-2
~
se
ina
&
tok
Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphate
uc
AMP
ofr
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ph
os
Ph
&
As
Phosphoenolpyruvate
Fructose-2,6-Bisphosphate
Pyruvate kinase
Pyruvate