what is quantitative metabolism??

What is Quantitative Metabolism??

Chemical Engineers are used to understanding:Rate of chemical reactions (HOW FAST IS THE DESIRED PRODUCT PRODUCED??)Yields of Chemical Reactions (HOW EFFICIENTLY IS THE DESIRED PRODUCT PRODUCED??)Simply put, Quantitative Metabolism is the extension of these concepts to a biological system

What are the main teaching and learning outcomes from these lectures??

1. Understand the flow of carbon, energy and reducing power within the cell

2. Understand the origin and use of ATP and NAD(H)

3. Understand the stoichiometry of both catabolic and anabolic pathways

4. Understand how to undertake a complete mass and energy balance of a cell including the prediction of cell yield, product yield, heat evolution, oxygen uptake.

5. Be able to calculate specific metabolic rates including the specific rate of substrate uptake, specific rate of product formation, specific growth rate etc

Quantitative Metabolism 1

What happens to the carbon and Energy Source that are taken Up?

Quantitative Metabolism

NAD(H)


Niether ADP/ATP nor NAD(H)/NAD+ is allowed to accumulate in the cell and so the ADP/ATP and NAD(H )/NAD+ “pool” are very tightly controlled within the cell.

“Currency of the Cell”Concentration of ATP in cell = 6 µmol / g Cell Concentration of ADP in cell = 2.5 µmol / g Cell Concentration of NAD(H) in cell = 1.5 µmol / g CellConcentration of NAD+ in cell = 2.5 µmol / g Cell

Rate of ATP Consumption = µ/YATP = 0.4/10.5 mol / g Cell/h= 38,000 µmol / g Cell / h

Rate of NAD(H) Consumption = QO2 * 2 = 4 mmol/ g Cell/h= 4,000 µmol / g Cell / h

If no ATP produced, the ATP within the cell would be used up in (6 µmol / g Cell) /(38,000 µmol / g Cell / h) = 0.56 secIf no NAD(H) produced, the NAD(H) within the cell would be used up in (1.5 µmol / g Cell) /(4,000 µmol / g Cell / h) = 1.35 sec

Maximum Rate of ATP Production (Full Respiration)= QS*4 = 59,200 µmol / g Cell / hMaximum Rate of NAD(H) Production(Full Respiration) = QS*12 = 177,600 µmol / g Cell / h

If no ATP used, the ADP within the cell would be used up in (2.5 µmol / g Cell) /(59,200 µmol / g Cell / h) = 0.15 secIf no NAD(H) used, the NAD+ within the cell would be used up in (2.5 µmol / g Cell) /(177,600 µmol / g Cell / h) = 0.05 sec

Conclusion

The cell VERY TIGHTLY controls the ATP/ADP levels and the NAD(H)/NAD+ levels to ensure that the pools of these intermediates keep within very fine tolerances. This is done by elaborate cellular controls which control the rate of formation and the rate of use of these intermediates – broadly by regulating energy substrate uptake (production) and cellular growth (use).

“Comparison” with the HKMA

Foreign Currency Reserves = 122.3 billion US$

Exports = 628,137 million $HK = $US 80,530 millionImports = 576,328 million $HK=$US 73,888 million

IF NO INCOME GENERATED (no exports), the cost of imports would drain the surplus in 122,300/78,888 = 1.65 years


What determines whether a particular reaction is “capable” of generating ATP or NAD(H)???


A B C D E F G H

G0A G0

B G0C G0

D G0E G0

F G0G

HFA HF

B HFC HF

D HFE HF

F HFG

HRA HR

B HRC HC

D HRE HR

F HRG

HCA HC

B HCC HC

D HCE HC

F HCG

Some measure of the amount of energy released is necessary


A requisite for ATp formation is that the enrgy released from a reaction is sufficient to “drive” the formation of ATP from ADP

Questions:

1. Is this a sufficient requirement?

2. If there is sufficicent energy for 2 or nATP to be formed , will they be formed??

Quantitative MetabolismThe concept of

“Substrate Level Phosphorylation”

is important here

The formation of ATP at the molecular level within a certain reaction step requires a particular type of enzyme


ATP will ONLY be formed if the appropriate enzyme is present (an enzyme capable of substrate level phosphorylation) and the number of ATP formed is (almost?) always 1

Excess enrgy release is usually lost as HEAT


For NAD(H) production, the only requirement is for an oxidation reaction to occur ,releasing one or more H+

Questions:1. Is this a sufficient requirement?2. If there is sufficicent H+ released for 2 or

nNAD(H) to be formed , will they be formed??


Yes, this condition is both a requisite and sufficient condition. Since the H+ exchange doe not occur via an enzyme similar to SLP, then more than one NAD(H) may be formed. The stoiciometry of this reaction is simply related to how many H+ are relased in the coupled reaction. NAD+ hydrogenases simply interact with the H+ released and each H+ released can inteact with a separate hydrogenase. This is unlike a SLP reaction, where both the reactant is bound to the enzyme in conjunction with the ADP form which the ATP is formed. Without an effective NAD+ hydrogenase, the pH of the immediate environment of the reaction would fall very rapidly


End Product Formation

Many other electron acceptors may be used by microorganisms, including: Sulfate, Nitrate, Metal Ions etc .These all also use NADH2- and NAD+ as “linked” or “coupled” reactions.

For example:SO4

2- + 8H+ + 8e- = S2- + 4H20actually represents two reactions:

4NAD(H) + 4H+ = 4NAD+ + 8H+ + 8e-

SO42- + 8H+ + 8e- = S2- + 4H20

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SO42- + 4NAD(H) + 4H+ = S2- + 4NAD+ +4H20

Nitrification and Denitrification

Nitrification is an aerobic process (requiring oxygen).

The overall reactions are the following:

Nitrification:

NH3 + 1.5O2 = HNO2 + H20HNO2 + 0.5O2 = HNO3

What actually happens in terms of H+ and e- is the following:

Nitrification:

NH3 + 2H2O = HNO2 + 6H+ + 6e-

HNO2 + H2O = HNO3 + 2H+ + 2e-

Denitrification:

2HNO3 + 10H+ + 10e- = N2 + 6H20

Hence Nitrification produces H+ and e- and Dentrification requires H+ and e-.

As usual, these H+ and e - come from the reaction:

NAD(H) + H+ = NAD+ + 2H+ + 2e-

The balanced reactions for nitrification and denitrification (in terms of NAD(H) and NAD+) then become:

Nitrification:

NH3 + 3NAD+ + 2H2O = HNO2 + 3NAD(H) + 3H+

HNO2 + NAD+ + H2O = HNO3 + NAD(H) + H+

Denitrification:

2HNO3 + 5NAD(H) + 5H+ = N2 + 6H2O + 5NAD+

In nitrification, oxygen is used to regenerate the NAD(H) formed:

NAD(H) + H+ = NAD+ + 2H+ + 2e-

0.5O2 + 2e- = O2-

O2- + 2H+ = H2O-----------------------------------------------------------NAD(H) + 0.5 O2 + H+ = NAD+ + H2O

In nitrification, there is a nett use of NAD(H) from the energy generating pathways (using CO2 as a carbon source) and this is provided by the nitrification reaction.

In denitrification, a carbon and energy source provides the NAD(H) required to drive the denitrification reaction.

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