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Microbial Physiology
12 essential precursors + enzyme classes
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
01/27/2008

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Glucose-6-Phosphate
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Fructose-6-Phosphate
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Ribose-5-Phosphate
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Erythrose-4-Phosphate
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Triose Phosphate
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3-Phosphoglycerate
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Phosphoenolpyruvate
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Pyruvate
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Oxaloacetate
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Succinyl CoA
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α-Ketoglutarate
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Acetyl CoA
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Oxidoreductase
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Class 1 

catalyze reactions in which one molecule is oxidized, while another is reduced.

e.g. * dehyrdrogenase 

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Transferase
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Class 2 

transfers a group (e.g methyl group, phosphate group) from one molecule to another.

e.g. * kinase 

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Hydrolase
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Class 3 

cleaves C-O, C-N, C-C bonds hydrolytically

e.g. hexose bisphosphatase 

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Lyase
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Class 4 

cleaves C-O, C-N, C-C bonds by elimination.  leaves double bonds or rings.

e.g. aldolase. dehyrdratase

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Isomerase
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Class 5

rearrange bonds within a single molecule

e.g. * isomerase, * mutase 

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Ligase
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Class 6

join two molecules.  coupled to ATP hydrolysis

e.g. * carboxylase 

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