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Learning Activity - Carbohydrate metabolism and the TCA cycle
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ModuleLIFE1029 - Genes, Molecules and Cells
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To understand that the 10 steps of glycolysis involves the breakdown of glucose to pyruvate while using the free energy released in the process to synthesise ATP.
That glycolysis can be divided into 2 phases: energy investment & recovery
To understand why phosphofructokinase is the major glycolytic regulation point
To be able to be able to evaluate the role of the TCA cycle in energy generation
To follow the synthesis of Acetyl-Coenzyme A from pyruvate

To understand the pathway of gluconeogenesis

To be able to describe glycogen's role, its synthesis and its dismantling
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