Physiology 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Adipose Tissue, Gluconeogenesis, Cortisol

• School: Western University
• Department: Physiology
• Course: Physiology 2130
• Professor: John Bell

Document Summary

Fats, carbs and proteins are used for energy or to build structures. The metabolism of glucose glycolysis glucose enters cell. Will almost immediately be converted to glucose-6-phosphate (g6p) G6p enters glycolysis to make atp or it can be converted to glycogen and then stored. When needed, glycogen can be converted back to g6p to enter glycolysis to make energy. G6p undergoes a series of rxns that make atp and end in pyruvate. The metabolism of glucose the citric acid cycle (cac) pyruvate from glycolysis is converted to acetyl coa, which enters the cac. Cac with oxidative phosphorylation make 36 molecules of atp from one molecule of glucose (2 atp from cac and 34 atp from oxphos) They also produce the byproducts co2 and h2o. The co2 diffuses into the blood and leaves the body through the lungs. Cac all these molecules (pyruvate and acetyl coa) can either make atp or be converted to glycogen and stored in cell.