• These findings along with previous proteomic data suggest that Pfp, plays a role in both glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway, while PfkA and PfkB may phosphorylate sugars in glycolysis but is responsible for sugar metabolism elsewhere under conditions outside of growth on sufficient cellobiose. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Glycolysis, which translates to "splitting sugars", is the process of releasing energy within sugars. (imingo.net)
  • Two stereoisomers of the aldohexose sugars are known as glucose, only one of which ( D -glucose) is biologically active. (wikidoc.org)
  • Glucose is one of these sugars, and L and D -glucose are two of the stereoisomers. (wikidoc.org)
  • The sulfofructose transaldolase pathway, first identified in Bacillus aryabhattai and Bacillus megaterium, involves isomerization of SQ to sulfofructose, and then a transaldolase cleaves SF to 3-sulfolactaldehyde (SLA), while the non-sulfonated C3-(glycerone)-moiety is transferred to an acceptor molecule, glyceraldehyde phosphate (GAP), yielding fructose-6-phosphate (F6P). (wikipedia.org)
  • The conversion of glucose-6-phosphate to fructose-6-phosphate is an example of which of the following reactions? (dentaldevotee.com)
  • Only 7 of these are found in living organisms, of which D -glucose (Glu), D - galactose (Gal) and D - mannose (Man) are the most important. (wikidoc.org)
  • Sulfoglycolysis converts sulfoquinovose (C6H12O8S−) into various smaller metabolizable carbon fragments such as pyruvate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate that enter central metabolism. (wikipedia.org)
  • This pathway leads to the production of the C3 intermediate dihydroxyacetone phosphate. (wikipedia.org)
  • It involves isomerization of SQ to sulfofructose, and then a transketolase cleaves SF to 4-sulfoerythrose (SE), while the non-sulfonated C2-moiety is transferred to an acceptor molecule, glyceraldehyde phosphate (GAP), yielding xylulose-5-phosphate (Xu5P). (wikipedia.org)
  • 4-Sulfoerythrose is isomerized to 4-sulfoerythrulose (SEu), whereupon a second round of transketolase catalyzed reaction cleaves SE to sulfoacetaldehyde, while the non-sulfonated C2-moiety is transferred to an acceptor molecule, glyceraldehyde phosphate (GAP), yielding a second molecule of xylulose-5-phosphate (Xu5P). (wikipedia.org)
  • We now demonstrate that this enzyme can also phosphorylate sedoheptulose-7-phosphate (an intermediate in the pentose phosphate pathway), with the V max and K m of F6P being approximately 15 folds higher and 43 folds lower, respectively, in comparison to sedoheptulose-7-phosphate. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Finally the PPP can also be used to produce glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate which can then be fed into the TCA and ETC cycles allowing for the harvest of energy. (imingo.net)
  • In the sixth step of the glycolytic pathway, the first step of the second phase, the payoff phase, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.12) catalyses the oxidation of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate to 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate (1,3-BPG), with the concomitant reduction of NAD + to NADH. (imingo.net)
  • Glucose (Glc), a monosaccharide (or simple sugar ), is an important carbohydrate in biology . (wikidoc.org)
  • The mirror-image of the molecule, L -glucose, cannot be metabolized by cells in the biochemical process known as glycolysis . (wikidoc.org)
  • In solution, the glucose molecule can exist in an open-chain (acyclic) and ring (cyclic) form (in equilibrium), the latter being the result of a covalent bond between the aldehyde C atom and the C-5 hydroxyl group to form a six-membered cyclic hemiacetal . (wikidoc.org)
  • Five sulfoglycolytic processes are known: The sulfoglycolytic Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (sulfo-EMP) pathway, first identified in Escherichia coli, involves the degradation of sulfoquinovose to 2,3-dihydroxypropanesulfonate (DHPS), and shares similarity with the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas glycolysis pathway. (wikipedia.org)
  • The sulfoglycolytic Entner-Doudoroff (sulfo-ED) pathway, first identified in Pseudomonas putida SQ1, involves the degradation of sulfoquinovose to sulfolactate, and shares similarity to the Entner-Doudoroff pathway of glycolysis. (wikipedia.org)
  • This pathway leads to the production of the C3 intermediate pyruvate. (wikipedia.org)
  • The sulfoglycolytic sulfoquinovose monooxygenase (sulfo-SMO) pathway, first identified in Agrobacterium tumerfaciens and Novosphingobium aromaticivorans, involves the degradation of sulfoquinovose to glucose and sulfite. (wikipedia.org)
  • Glucose formed in this pathway enters glycolysis. (wikipedia.org)
  • Rounding out the upper glycolysis pathway, the identity of the fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase in the genome was verified and reported to have substantial activity with fructose-1,6-bisphosphate, in the presence of the divalent ion, Zn 2+ . (biomedcentral.com)
  • Lipolysis /lɪˈpɒlɪsɪs/ is the metabolic pathway through which lipid triglycerides are hydrolyzed into a glycerol and three fatty acids. (imingo.net)
  • Lipolysis is the metabolic process through which triacylglycerols (TAGs) break down via hydrolysis into their constituent molecules: glycerol and free fatty acids (FFAs). (imingo.net)
  • The living cell uses it as a source of energy and metabolic intermediate. (wikidoc.org)
  • In this review, we discuss alternative carbon metabolism as a metabolic adaptation strategy for the pathogenesis of C. glabrata . (biomedcentral.com)
  • These eight isomers (including glucose itself) are all diastereoisomers in relation to each other and all belong to the D -series . (wikidoc.org)
  • Sulfoglycolysis is a catabolic process in primary metabolism in which sulfoquinovose (6-deoxy-6-sulfonato-glucose) is metabolized to produce energy and carbon-building blocks. (wikipedia.org)
  • Glucose (C 6 H 12 O 6 ) contains six carbon atoms one of which is part of an aldehyde group and is therefore referred to as an aldohexose . (wikidoc.org)
  • As the ring contains five carbon atoms and one oxygen atom, which resembles the structure of pyran , the cyclic form of glucose is also referred to as glucopyranose. (wikidoc.org)
  • An additional asymmetric center at C-1 (called the anomeric carbon atom ) is created when glucose cyclizes and two ring structures, called anomers are formed - α -glucose and β -glucose. (wikidoc.org)
  • Carbon utilization and metabolism are fundamental to every living organism for cellular growth. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As one of the host defence strategies to combat invading pathogens, phagocytes such as macrophages constantly impose restrictions on pathogens' access to their preferred carbon source, glucose. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Surprisingly, it has been reported that engulfed C. glabrata are able to survive in this harsh microenvironment, further suggesting alternative carbon metabolism as a potential strategy for this opportunistic fungal pathogen to persist in the host. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In all pathways, energy is formed in later stages through the 'pay-off' phase of glycolysis through substrate-level phosphorylation to produce ATP and NADH. (wikipedia.org)
  • SCIRP: Food and Nutrition Sciences, Vol. In this process, both in vivoand in cultur… This binding will likewise lead to the cAMP/PKA-led phosphorylation of hormone sensitive lipase, that will ultimately drive the release of free fatty acids and glycerol. (imingo.net)
  • References: [6] Fatty acid metabolism. (imingo.net)
  • Growth on sulfoquinovosyl glycerol is both faster and leads to higher cell density than for growth on sulfoquinovose. (wikipedia.org)
  • Another popular method of distinguishing α from β is by observing whether the C-1 hydroxyl is below or above the plane of the ring, respectively, but this method is an inaccurate definition and may fail if the glucose ring is drawn upside down or in an alternative chair conformation. (wikidoc.org)
  • Sulfoquinovose is obtained from SQ glycosides by the action of sulfoquinovosidases, which are glycoside hydrolases that can hydrolyse the glycosidic linkage in SQDG, or its deacylated form, sulfoquinovosyl glycerol (SQGro). (wikipedia.org)
  • This form ( D -glucose) is often referred to as dextrose monohydrate , or, especially in the food industry, simply dextrose (from dextrorotatory glucose [1] ). (wikidoc.org)
  • This article deals with the D -form of glucose. (wikidoc.org)
  • Glucose is commonly available in the form of a white substance or as a solid crystal. (wikidoc.org)
  • In the solid phase, glucose assumes the cyclic form. (wikidoc.org)
  • Within the cyclic form of glucose, rotation may occur around the O6-C6-C5-O5 torsion angle, termed the ω-angle, to form three rotamer conformations as shown in the diagram below. (wikidoc.org)
  • Glucose is one of the main products of photosynthesis and starts cellular respiration in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes . (wikidoc.org)
  • Glucose is one of the products of photosynthesis in plants and some prokaryotes . (wikidoc.org)
  • In wine, some aroma compounds arise from the must with minor or no modifications, while others are products of yeast metabolism, in particular from the sugar and nitrogen compounds initially present in the grapes. (moam.info)
  • In the preceding paper (16), which described studies of the effects of colicins El and K on active transport systems in Escherichia coli, it was concluded that the inhibition of the accumulation of thiomethyl galactoside (TMG) and certain other substrates (27, 31) was due to the effect of these colicins on energy metabolism, reflected by the sharp reduction in adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels. (nih.gov)
  • Growth on sulfoquinovosyl glycerol is both faster and leads to higher cell density than for growth on sulfoquinovose. (wikipedia.org)
  • Uptake of "C-labeled leucine, isoleucine, uracil, thymidine, or glucose by cell suspensions was measured by placing samples in 5% trichloroacetic acid at OC. (nih.gov)
  • E. coli can grow on sulfoquinovose, methyl α-sulfoquinovoside and α-sulfoquinovosyl glycerol. (wikipedia.org)