What are the examples of cytoplasmic enzymes?
Posted July 25, 2024
Answer
These are some examples of cytoplasmic enzymes and the metabolic processes they are involved in:
- Glycogen synthase, Glycogen phosphorylase, Glycogenin, UDP-glucose phosphorylase, branching enzymes and debranching phosphorylase are the cytoplasmic enzymes involved in glycogen metabolism, a process in which glycogen is synthesized and degraded.
- Phosphoglucose Isomerase, Phosphoglycerokinase, Hexokinase, Pyruvate kinase, Triosephosphate dehydrogenase, Phosphofructokinase, Aldolase, Enolase, and Mutase are cytoplasmic enzymes that play a role in glycolysis, an anaerobic reaction that involves breaking down one molecule of glucose into two molecules of Pyruvic acid.
- Glutamate dehydrogenase, Adenylate deaminase, Alanine transaminase, Glutamine synthetase, Aspartate transaminase, Serine dehydratase, Glutaminase, Arginase, and Tyrosine transaminase play a key in metabolism of amino acids.
- Fructose 1,6- bisphosphatase, Malate dehydrogenase, Glucose 6-phosphatase, and PEP carboxykinase are involved in the synthesis of glucose from a non-carbohydrate source.
- Arginosuccinase, Argininosuccinate Synthetase, and Arginase are cytoplasmic enzymes that play a role in the urea cycle.
Additional resources
Amplite® Colorimetric Phosphofructokinase (PFK) Activity Assay Kit