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Explain how a low ATP allows PFK-1 to catalyze the Fuctose-6 phosphate to Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, while...

Explain how a low ATP allows PFK-1 to catalyze the Fuctose-6 phosphate to Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, while a high ATP inhibits that reaction.

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ATP is an allosteric inhibitor of Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase enzyme.

In presence of high ATP concentrations, the Km (Michaelis constant-an inverse measure of affinity and require the high substrate concentrations to achieve maximum reaction velocity) for fructose 1,6-bisphosphate is increased, therere glycolysis stops.

ATP show this effect by binding to specific regulatory site which is distinct from the catalytic site .

AMP reverses this inhibitory action of ATP and so the activity of the enzyme increases when ATP/AMP ratio gets reduced and glycolysis is stimulated energy charge falls.

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