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Location of "machinery" for ATP |
Cristae |
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Inner and outer mitochondrial membranes enclose two spaces: |
Matrix Intermembrane space |
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Size and number of mitochondria reflects... |
Energy requirement of the cell |
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Outer boundary of mitochondria |
outer mitochondrial membrane |
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Glycolysis produces... |
pyruvate, NADH and 2 ATP |
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Mitochondrial matrix contains... |
a circular DNA molecule, ribosomes, enzymes |
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Protein content of membranes |
Outer: 50% Inner: 75% |
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large, pore-forming protein on outer membrane |
Porin |
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Contained in high levels in inner membrane |
Cardiolipin |
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_______&________ can be synthesized in the matrix |
RNA & proteins |
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approximately ___ ATPs could be generated from a single molecule of glucose. |
36 |
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In the absence of O2, the pyruvate is reduced by NADH to _______ |
lactate |
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Tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle (Kreb's) |
2 carbons are oxidized into CO2, regenerating the 4-carbon oxaloacetate needed to continue the cycle |
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Reduced coenzymes FADH2 and NADH are the primary products of the |
TCA cycle |
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ATP formation driven by energy derived from high-energy electrons removed during substrate oxidation in pathways such as the TCA cycle, with the energy released for ATP formation by passage of electrons through the electron transport chain |
oxidative phosphorylation |
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Electrons associated with either NADH or FADH2 are transferred through specific electron carriers that make up |
The electron transport chain |
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Redox reactions are accompanied by a _________ in free energy |
decrease |
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Transfer of electrons causes charge separation that can be measured as |
redox potential |
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NADH formed during glycolysis enters the mitochondria via |
malateaspartate or glycerol phosphate shuttles |
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polypeptides bound to either FAD or FMN |
Flavoproteins |
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electron carrier consisting of a protein bound to a heme group - Fe or Cu metal ions |
Cytochromes |
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a lipid-soluble molecule made of five-carbon isoprenoid units |
Ubiquinone |
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____ Copper atoms are located within a single protein complex and alternate between Cu2+ and Cu3+ |
3 |
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electron carrier containing Fe in association with inorganic sulfur - arranged in order of increasingly positive redox potential - sequence determined by use of inhibitors |
Iron-sulfur proteins |
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(NADH dehydrogenase) catalyzes transfer of electrons from NADH to ubiquinone and transports 4 H+ per pair |
Complex I |
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(succinate dehydrogenase) catalzses transfer of electrons from succinate to FAD to ubiquinone without transport of H+ |
Complex II |
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(cytochrome bc1) catalyzes the transfer of electrons from ubiquinone to cytochrome c and transports 4 H+ per pair |
Complex III |
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(cytochrome c oxidase) catalyzes transfer of electrons to O2 and transports H+ across the inner membrane |
Complex IV |
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large complex that adds four electrons to O2 to form two molecules of H2O |
Cytochrome oxidase |
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Metabolic poisons CO, N3-, and CN- bind catalytic sites in complex |
IV |
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Steps of oxidative phosphorylation |
1. transfer of high-energy electrons from NADH or FADH2 to electron carriers in inner membrane 2. energy release from electron transport used to pump protons from matrix to inter membrane space Then back through ATP synthase |
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concentration gradient between matrix and intermembrane space creates |
pH gradient |
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energy present in both components of the gradients |
proton-motive force |
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ATP synthesizing enzyme of the inner mitochondrial membrane |
ATP synthase |
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Two chief components of ATP synthase |
F1 headpiece - catalytic subunit, contains 3 catalytic sites for ATP synthesis F0 basal piece (embedded in membrane) contains a channel through which protons are conducted from the intermembrane space to the matrix - contains c-ring |
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Number of c subunits in c ring |
10-14 |
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The binding change mechanism states: |
-movement of protons through ATP synthase alters the binding affinity of the active site -each active site goes through distinct conformations that have different affinities for substrates and product -there is a structural basis of catalytic site conformation |
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Binding change mechanism - ___________ active sites on the catalytic subunit go through three changes; |
Beta subunit tight, loose, or open |
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Conformational change in Beta subunits is caused by |
rotation of c wheel and bound subunit |
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pH open to matrix vs open to intermembrane space |
matrix: >4.25 intermembrane <4.25 |
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The most important factor controlling respiration rate |
ADP |
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Drives transport of ADP into and ATP out of the mitochondrion |
The H+ gradient |
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membrane-bound vesicles that contain oxidative enzymes |
Peroxisomes |
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Peroxisomes oxidize _______________________ and synthesize _________________ |
very-long-chain fatty acids plasmalogens (phosopholipids) |
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(reactive and toxic compound) is formed in peroxisomes and broken down by the enzyme catalase |
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) |
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Mitochondrial disorders are inherited... |
maternally |
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It is speculated that accumulations of mutations in mtDNA is a major cause of... |
aging |
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syndrome characterized by lack of peroxisomal enzymes due to defects in translocation of proteins from the cytoplasm into the peroxisome |
Zellweger |
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Caused by lack of a peroxisomal enzyme, leading to fatty acid accumulation in the brain and destruction of the myelin sheath of nerve cells |
Adrenoleukodystrophy |