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An enzyme is a |
Biological catalyst |
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Enzymes speed up |
Chemical reaction without being consumed by the reaction |
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Enzymes lower |
The activation energy of a chemical reaction |
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Energy must be |
Absorbed by the reactants in order to break bonds |
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If the reaction is |
Exergonic, triangle G will be repaid with dividends because the new bonds release more energy than the energy invested in breaking the old bonds |
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An enzyme is specific in its |
Reaction |
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Enzyme can |
Catalyze only a particular substrate |
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Substrate |
Is a substance upon which an enzyme acts |
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Lock and key hypothesis |
Substrate attaches to the active site of an enzyme like a key fits to a lock. There is a rearrangement of the atoms in the substance. |
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Induced fit hypothesis |
Attachment of the substrate to the active site of an enzyme induces structural changes in the enzymes, causing the substrate and the enzyme to fit more tightly. Rearrangement of the atoms in the substrate. |
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The conversion of the substrate to end product is catalyze for by the |
Side chains (R groups) of a few of the amino acids that make up the active site. |
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Enzymes |
Saturated if all its active sites are engaged by the substrate. |
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Factors affecting enzyme activity |
Temperature, pH, salt concentration, cofactors |
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Most enzymes |
The pH optimum is in the range of 6-8 |
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Pepsin works best at |
PH 2 |
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Trypsin has a pH optimum of |
8 |
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Most enzymes cannot tolerate |
High salt concentration |
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Cofactor |
Inorganic part of an enzyme |
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The cofactors are usually metal ions of |
Calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron or copper |
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Coenzyme |
Organic, non protein portion of an enzyme |
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Most vitamins are |
Coenzyme |
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Apoenzyme |
Protein part of an enzyme |
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The entire enzyme |
Apoenzyme plus coenzyme or Cofactor |
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Entire enzyme |
Holoenzyme |
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Enzyme is irreversibly inhibited |
If the enzyme inhibitors bind covalently to it |
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competitive inhibition |
two different substances, one is a normal substrate and the other is an inhibitor compete for the same active site on an enzyme. This enzyme cannot function if its active site is occupied by the inhibitor |
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noncompetitive inhibition |
type if enzyme inhibition in which an inhibitor binds to a site best to the active site of an enzyme, and physically blocks the active site for the normal substrate |
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allosteric inhibition |
in this type of inhibition, an enzyme which is constructed from two or more polypeptide subunits can occur in two conformations: active form and inactive form. Each polypeptide subunit has its own active site. The allosteric site is usually located where the subunits are joined. if a negative modulator (inhibitor) binds to the allosteric site of the enzyme which is in inactive form, the enzyme cannot change to an active form. The activity of the enzyme is thus inhibited. |
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end product inhibitor |
aka negative feedback inhibition the inhibition of an enzyme activity is due to the accumulation of end products. The enzyme that can be inhibited by an end product is called a regulatory enzyme. an example is the synthesis of isoleucine from threonine.(end product inhibition) |
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magnification |
is how much larger the object appears compared to its real size |
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resolving power |
is the ability to distinguish two adjacent points as two separate points |
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two types of electron microscopes |
transmission electron microscope & scanning electron microscope |
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transmission electron microscope (TEM) |
is used to study the internal ultrastructure of cells |
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SEM scanning electron microscope |
used for detailed study of the surface of a specimen. |
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cytology |
study of cell structure |
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prokaryotic cell does not have |
a true nucleus |
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prokaryotic cells genetic material is located |
in a nucleoid |
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eukaryotic cell |
has all cellular organelles and a true nucleus which is surrounded by a nuclear membrane |
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two factors that limit cell size are the |
surface area to volume ratio, and the requirement for a single nucleus to control the entire cytoplasm |
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larger cell has a less |
surface area to volume ratio than a small cell making it inefficient in carrying out its metabolism |
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eukaryotes compensate |
for small surface to volume ratio by having internal membranes |
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non dividing cell |
chromosomes are dispersed as a mass of material known as chromatin |
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human cells have |
46 of chromosomes = 23 pairs |
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the sex cells (sperm & egg) |
have 23 chromosomes |
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nucleolus |
is not enclosed by a membrane |
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ribosomes |
an organelle that sites of protein synthesis |
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smooth endoplasmic reticulum |
organelle synthesis of lipids, carbohydrate metabolism, & detoxification of drugs, alcohol, and poisons |
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rough endoplasmic reticulum |
synthesis of secretory protein |
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which organelles are involved in signal hypothesis? |
ribosomes & rough (glandular) endoplasmic reticulum |
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the golgi apparatus |
dictyosome, cis face, and trans face |
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golgi apparatus |
is responsible for storage, modification and packaging of secretory products |
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lysosomes aka |
suicide bags |
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lysosomes |
-digestion of food particles and bacteria -autophagy of the old & dead cells -developement of the organisms (destruction of the cells in a tadpole's tail, and the digestion of tissues between the fingers of the webbed hands of human embryos |
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pompe's disease |
is causes by the accumulation of glycogen in the liver due to the lack of an enzyme needed to break down the polysaccharide |
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tay-sach's disease |
brain becomes impaired due to the accumulation of lipid as the lysosome lack a lipid-digesting enzyme |
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glyoxysomes |
are often in the fat storing tissues of the germinating seedlings. their enzymes convert fats to sugar, and energy source for the seeding until it can produce its own sugar by photosynthesis |
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contractile vacuoles pump |
excess water out of the cell |
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central vacuole is found |
in a mature plant cell. it stores organic compounds and inorganic ions. |
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central vacuole functions as |
a lysosomes, and serves as a disposal site for metabolic wastes. it may contain pigment molecules which give color to the petals to attract pollinating insects. it may also contain chemicals that are poisonous or unpalatable to predators |
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which two organelles are related to nuclear envelop? |
rough er & smooth er |
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the nuclear envelope is an extension of |
rough er which in turn is connected to the smooth er |
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which two organelles are energy transducers |
mitochondria and chloroplasts |
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mitochondria are the sites of |
cellular respiration in which organic compounds are broken down to generate ATP |
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chloroplasts are found only in |
plants |
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mitochondria is enclosed by |
two membranes |
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cristae |
only in mitochondria |
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plastids are found only in |
plants |
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amyloplasts |
leucoplasts are white or colorless plastids that store starch in roots and tubers |
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in order of increasing diameter (narrowest to widest) |
microfilaments intermediate filaments microtubules |
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in order of decreasing diameter (widest to narrowest) |
microtubules intermediate filaments microfilaments |
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chloroplasts are |
-green plastids which contain chlorophyll, enzymes, and other molecules that function in the photosynthesis |
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thylakoids |
-disklike structures upon which chlorophylls are arranged |
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granum |
stack go thylakoids |
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microtubules are found in all |
eucaryotes |
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functions of microtubules |
1.)maintenance of cell shape 2.)intracellular movement of organelles, nutrients and secretory vesicles 3.)separation of chromosomes during cell division 4.) cell movement |
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diff in cilia & flagella |
1.) cilia are more numerous than flagella 2.) cilia are shorter than flagella 3.) cilia has motility and movement of food particles, & flagella has motility 4.) cilia's movement is in synchronization, unlike flagella 5.) 9+2 arrangement of microtubules in cilia & flagella 6.) ensheathed in an extension of plasma membrane in cilia & flagella |
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where is the cilium and flagellum are anchored in the cell by |
basal body |
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actins are |
proteins |
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myosin are |
proteins |
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functions of microfilaments are |
1.) they func in support. They support the villi which increases the surface area for nutrient absorption 2.) they contraction of the microfilaments cause the invagination of cell membrane during cell division 3.) they are responsible for the elongation and contraction of pseudopodia during amoeboid movement 4.) they cause cytoplasmic streaming (cyclosis) in cells |
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intermediate filaments diameter is |
larger than the microfilaments but smaller than the microtubules |
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cell walls are found in |
plants, bacteria and fungi |
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the functions of the glycocalyx of animal cells |
1.) it strengthens the cell surface & helps glue cells together 2.) it is responsible for cell recognition and contract inhibition |
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plant cells have |
plasmodesmata |
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plasmodesmata |
are cytoplasmic connection between adjacent cells |
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animal cells have & common where |
three types of intercellular junctions: 1.) tight 2.) desmosomes 3.) gap common in cells of the epithelial tissue |
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cellulose found in both |
primary and secondary cell wall of plant cells |
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phospholipids is an |
amphipathic molecule which has a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail |
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davson and danielli model of a cell membrane |
proposed the sandwich model in which phospholipid bilayer is sandwiched between between two layers of protein |
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4 parts of the cell membrane |
integral protein, phospholipid bilayer, peripheral proteins, and cholesterol |
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which chemical NOT used in freeze fracture (freeze etching) techniques? |
gold |
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the cell membrane is relatively impermeable to |
ions and larger uncharged polar molecules such as glucose and other sugars |
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uniport |
carries single solute across the cell membrane |
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symport |
carries two different solutes simultaneously in one direction across cell membrane |
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antiport |
carries one solute into the cell and another solute out of the cell |
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diffusion |
movement of particles from a region of higher concentration to a regain of lower concentration. |
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in diffusion, how much energy is spend by the cell? |
none |
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osmosis |
the movement of water molecules from a region of higher concentration yo a region of lower concentration through a semi permeable membrane |
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three types of solutions |
hyperosmotic (hypertonic) solution hypesmotic (hypertonic) solution isoomoyic (isotonic) solution |
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if a cell is placed in hypertonic solution |
cell will shrink |
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plasmolysis |
process of cell shrinking |
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crenation |
the shrinking of red blood cells when they are placed in a hypertonic solution |
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if a cell is placed in hypotonic solution |
it will swell |
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cell swelling |
plasmoptysis |
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hemolysis |
bursting of red flood cells when they are placed in hypotonic solution |
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facilitated diffusion |
the movement of particles from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration through a semi permeable membrane with the help of a carrier molecule. |
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how much energy is used in facilitated diffusion? |
none |
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in facilitated diffusion, transport |
protein remains in place in the membrane. it undergoes conformational changes |
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active transport is the |
movement of particles from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration through a semi permeable membrane with the help of a carrier molecule(permease) the cell has to spend energy accomplishing this |
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sodium potassium pump |
an example of active transport |
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macromolecules make a |
minor contribution to the membrane potential |
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selective permeability of the membrane to various |
ions is a major factors that contributes to the membrane potential bc potassium ions move out faster than sodium ions move into the cell |
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sodium potassium pump |
removes three sodium ions out of the cell. for every two possum ions, it pumps into the cell |
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electrogenic pump |
protein that generates voltage across a membrane |
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major electrogenic pump in animals |
sodium potassium pump and that os a plants, bacteria and fungi is proton pump which transports hydrogen ions out of the cells |
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cotransport is an |
ATP driven pump which pumps hydrogen ions out of the cell |
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two types of endocytocysis |
phagocytosis & pinocytosis |
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phagocytosis |
process of cell eating |
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pinocytosis |
process of cell drinking |
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ligands are |
substances that in receptor mediated endocytosis binds the receptors |
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An end product may serve as |
A competitive inhibitor or an allosteric inhibitor in end product inhibition |
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What was types of micro bodies |
Peroxisomes & glyoxysomes |
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What was types of micro bodies |
Peroxisomes & glyoxysomes |
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Microbodies |
They are enclosed by a single membrane |
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Fermentation |
Is the breakdown of organic compounds, namely carbohydrates, without the use of oxygen |
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Fermentation |
Is the breakdown of organic compounds, namely carbohydrates, without the use of oxygen |
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Cellular respiration |
Is the breakdown of organic compounds (glucose) to form CO2 and water with the production of ATP molecule |
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Cellular respiration |
Catabolic pathway is exergonic |
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Phosphorylation of ADP |
Is an endergonic process |
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Glycolysis |
The breakdown of glucose to two molecules of pyruvic acid. It takes the place in the cytosol |
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Krebs cycle |
Breakdowns a acetyl coenzyme A of to carbon dioxide. It takes the place on the mitochondria |
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Electron transport chain & oxidative phosphorylation use |
the energy of electrons released from food molecules during glycolysis and Krebs cycle to synthesize ATP by the oxidative phosphorylation of ADP |
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Most ATP is made by |
Oxidative phosphorylation, driven by an energy-coupling mechanism called chemiosmosis |
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Most ATP is made by |
Oxidative phosphorylation, driven by an energy-coupling mechanism called chemiosmosis |
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Electron transport chain |
An apparatus that pumps protons across the inner membrane from the mitochondrial matrix to the intermembrane space |
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The electrons transport chain uses |
Energy released by glycolysis and Krebs cycle |
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Reduction |
Is an addition of electrons or hydrogen atoms to a molecule or the removal of oxygen atom from a molecule |
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Reduction |
Is an addition of electrons or hydrogen atoms to a molecule or the removal of oxygen atom from a molecule |
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Oxidation |
The loss or removal of electrons or hydrogen atoms from a molecule or the addition of oxygen to a hydrogen |
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Cytoplasm is |
Negatively changed |
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Cytoplasm is |
Negatively changed |
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Extra cellular fluid |
Positively charged in a resting cell |
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Cytoplasm is |
Negatively changed in a resting cell |
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Sodium is the |
Electrical donor aka reducing agent |
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Reduction is a chemical process results in |
Storage of energy |
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Oxidation results in |
Liberation of energy |
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Cl |
Is the electron acceptor |
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Glycolysis |
Breakdown of glucose to two molecules of pyruvic acid |
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Glycolysis takes the place of |
Cytoplasm |
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NADH |
Is electrically neutral |
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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
Special electron acceptor |
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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
Is a coenzyme |
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Flavor adenine dinucleotide |
Another coenzyme |
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Krebs cycle |
Aka citric acid cycle or tricarboxylic acid cycle |
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How much oxygen is used in glycolysis |
None |
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Is oxygen used in krebs oxygen? |
Yes |
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Is oxygen used in krebs oxygen? |
Yes |
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Electron transport chain & oxidative phosphorylation requires |
Oxygen |
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Is oxygen used in krebs oxygen? |
Yes |
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Electron transport chain & oxidative phosphorylation requires |
Oxygen |
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Oxidative phosphorylation |
Production of ATP by the electron transport chain |
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Ubiquinones |
Only carrier not bound to a protein In the electron transport |
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Exergonic reaction |
Electron transfer from NADH to oxygen |
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Electron transport chain does not make |
ATP |
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What's the function of electron transport chain do? |
Creates a proton gradient across the mitochondrial membrane |
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What's the function of electron transport chain do? |
Creates a proton gradient across the mitochondrial membrane |
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Chemiosmosis |
The use of a proton motive force to couple exergonic chemical processes to endergonic processes |
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What's the function of electron transport chain do? |
Creates a proton gradient across the mitochondrial membrane |
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Chemiosmosis |
The use of a proton motive force to couple exergonic chemical processes to endergonic processes |
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In Krebs cycle |
One molecule of ATP & FADH2 and three molecules of NADH are produced |
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What's the function of electron transport chain do? |
Creates a proton gradient across the mitochondrial membrane |
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Chemiosmosis |
The use of a proton motive force to couple exergonic chemical processes to endergonic processes |
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In Krebs cycle |
One molecule of ATP & FADH2 and three molecules of NADH are produced |
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Cyanide blocks |
Passage of electrons from cytochrome a3 to oxygen This is how cynide interferes with the chemiosmosis mechanism |
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Cytochromes |
Which have a heme group surrounding a single iron atom |
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The complete breakdown of one glucose molecule to CO2 |
Yields 38 ATP molecules in procaryotes and 36 ATP molecules in eucaryotes |
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Glycolysis |
Oxidizes glucose to two molecules of pyruvic acid It's an exergonic reaction |
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Glycolysis |
Oxidizes glucose to two molecules of pyruvic acid It's an exergonic reaction |
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Fermentation is the |
Catabolism of organic compounds This generates ATP by substrate level phosphorylation as long as there is NAD+ to accept electrons |
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Glycolysis |
Oxidizes glucose to two molecules of pyruvic acid It's an exergonic reaction |
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Fermentation is the |
Catabolism of organic compounds This generates ATP by substrate level phosphorylation as long as there is NAD+ to accept electrons |
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2 most common kinds of fermentation |
Alcohol fermentation & lactic acid fermentation |
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Glycolysis |
Oxidizes glucose to two molecules of pyruvic acid It's an exergonic reaction |
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Fermentation is the |
Catabolism of organic compounds This generates ATP by substrate level phosphorylation as long as there is NAD+ to accept electrons |
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2 most common kinds of fermentation |
Alcohol fermentation & lactic acid fermentation |
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Yeasts and many bacteria carry out |
Alcohol fermentation under anaerobic conditions |
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Glycolysis |
Oxidizes glucose to two molecules of pyruvic acid It's an exergonic reaction |
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Fermentation is the |
Catabolism of organic compounds This generates ATP by substrate level phosphorylation as long as there is NAD+ to accept electrons |
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2 most common kinds of fermentation |
Alcohol fermentation & lactic acid fermentation |
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Yeasts and many bacteria carry out |
Alcohol fermentation under anaerobic conditions |
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Certain fungi & bacteria perform |
Lactic acid fermentation in the product of cheese & yogurt. |
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Glycolysis |
Oxidizes glucose to two molecules of pyruvic acid It's an exergonic reaction |
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Fermentation is the |
Catabolism of organic compounds This generates ATP by substrate level phosphorylation as long as there is NAD+ to accept electrons |
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2 most common kinds of fermentation |
Alcohol fermentation & lactic acid fermentation |
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Yeasts and many bacteria carry out |
Alcohol fermentation under anaerobic conditions |
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Certain fungi & bacteria perform |
Lactic acid fermentation in the product of cheese & yogurt. |
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Human muscle cells make |
Lactic acid under anaerobic conditions during strenuous exercise |
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Glycolysis |
Oxidizes glucose to two molecules of pyruvic acid It's an exergonic reaction |
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Fermentation is the |
Catabolism of organic compounds This generates ATP by substrate level phosphorylation as long as there is NAD+ to accept electrons |
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2 most common kinds of fermentation |
Alcohol fermentation & lactic acid fermentation |
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Yeasts and many bacteria carry out |
Alcohol fermentation under anaerobic conditions |
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Certain fungi & bacteria perform |
Lactic acid fermentation in the product of cheese & yogurt. |
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Human muscle cells make |
Lactic acid under anaerobic conditions during strenuous exercise |
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Lactic acid fermentation in muscle cells cause |
An "oxygen debt" which is paid back when oxygen is replenished |
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Human muscle cells make |
Lactic acid under anaerobic condition during strenuous exercise |
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Aerobic respiration |
Uses electron transport Mosh oxidative some substrate level phosphorylation |
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Aerobic respiration |
Uses electron transport Mosh oxidative some substrate level phosphorylation |
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Anaerobic respiration |
Uses electron transport chain Oxidative phosphorylation |
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Aerobic respiration |
Uses electron transport Mosh oxidative some substrate level phosphorylation |
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Anaerobic respiration |
Uses electron transport chain Oxidative phosphorylation |
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Fermentation |
Aerobic or anaerobic Does not use electron transport chain Substrate level phosphorylation |
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Fermentation |
Is the breakdown of carbohydrates without the use of oxygen to produce ATP |
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Fermentation |
Is the breakdown of carbohydrates without the use of oxygen to produce ATP |
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Facultative anaerobes |
Yeasts and many bactera Produce ATP by fermentation or respiration depending on whether oxygen is present |
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Fermentation |
Is the breakdown of carbohydrates without the use of oxygen to produce ATP |
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Facultative anaerobes |
Yeasts and many bactera Produce ATP by fermentation or respiration depending on whether oxygen is present |
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A gram of fat contains |
twice the amount of energy ATP as gram of carbohydrate |
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Fermentation |
Is the breakdown of carbohydrates without the use of oxygen to produce ATP |
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Facultative anaerobes |
Yeasts and many bactera Produce ATP by fermentation or respiration depending on whether oxygen is present |
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A gram of fat contains |
twice the amount of energy ATP as gram of carbohydrate |
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Fats more |
Energy than carbohydrate |
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Glycolysis slowd |
Down if ATP or citric acid accumulates |
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During (all of or one complete cycle of) cellular respiration |
38 ATP molecules are liberated |
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During the aerobic phase of cellular respiration |
36 ATP molecules are liberated |
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During the aerobic phase of cellular respiration |
36 ATP molecules are liberated |
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During the anaerobic phase of cellular respiration |
2 ATP molecules are liberated |