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70 Cards in this Set
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mass?
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anything that has matter and takes up space.
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Energy
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capacity to do work
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kilojoules?
kilocalories? |
kiljoules in a unit of work....kilocalories is heat energy unit
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kinetic energy
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energy in motion
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potential energy
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capactiy to do work as a result of position or state
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thermodynamics
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study of energy and its transformations.
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closed system
open system |
does not exchange energy with its surrounding
does exchange energy with its surrounding |
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1st law of thermodynamics
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Energy can not be created or destroyed, but can be transfered or converted from one form to another
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second law of thermodynamcis
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When energy is converted from one form to another, some energy left avablie to do work is converted into heat that dispereses into the surroundings.
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heat
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kinetic energy of randomly moving particles
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meabolism
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sum of al chemical acivities taking place in an organism
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anabolism
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includes the various pathways in which complex molecules are synthesized from simpler substances..ex: linking amino acids to form protein
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Catabolism
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includes the pathways in which larger molecles are broken down into smaller ones.....ex degradiation of starch to form moosaccharides
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enthalphy (H)
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potential energy of the system
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free energy (G)
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amount of energy avaalible to do work under the conditions of a biochemical reaction
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entropy
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amount of thermal energy no availbe to do work
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exergonic reaction
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a reaction that releases energy and is said to be a spontaneous or a 'Downhill" reaction from higher to lower free energey
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endergonic reaction
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is a reaction in which there is a gain of free energy
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meabolism
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sum of al chemical acivities taking place in an organism
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concentraion gradient
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when there is a region with a high and low concentration....cells must expand enery to do this
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anabolism
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includes the various pathways in which complex molecules are synthesized from simpler substances..ex: linking amino acids to form protein
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dynamic equilibrium
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in which the rate of the reverse reaction equals the rate of the forward reaction
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Catabolism
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includes the pathways in which larger molecles are broken down into smaller ones.....ex degradiation of starch to form moosaccharides
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meabolism
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sum of al chemical acivities taking place in an organism
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enthalphy (H)
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potential energy of the system
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anabolism
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includes the various pathways in which complex molecules are synthesized from simpler substances..ex: linking amino acids to form protein
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free energy (G)
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amount of energy avaalible to do work under the conditions of a biochemical reaction
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Catabolism
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includes the pathways in which larger molecles are broken down into smaller ones.....ex degradiation of starch to form moosaccharides
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entropy
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amount of thermal energy no availbe to do work
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enthalphy (H)
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potential energy of the system
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exergonic reaction
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a reaction that releases energy and is said to be a spontaneous or a 'Downhill" reaction from higher to lower free energey
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free energy (G)
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amount of energy avaalible to do work under the conditions of a biochemical reaction
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endergonic reaction
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is a reaction in which there is a gain of free energy
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entropy
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amount of thermal energy no availbe to do work
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concentraion gradient
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when there is a region with a high and low concentration....cells must expand enery to do this
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exergonic reaction
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a reaction that releases energy and is said to be a spontaneous or a 'Downhill" reaction from higher to lower free energey
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dynamic equilibrium
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in which the rate of the reverse reaction equals the rate of the forward reaction
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endergonic reaction
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is a reaction in which there is a gain of free energy
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concentraion gradient
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when there is a region with a high and low concentration....cells must expand enery to do this
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dynamic equilibrium
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in which the rate of the reverse reaction equals the rate of the forward reaction
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coupled reactions
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thermodymnically favorable exergonic reaction tat provides the energy required to drive the thermdynamicaly unfavorable endergonic reaction
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adensosine triphospate (ATP)
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holds readily avablie energy for very short periods
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adenosine diphospate (ADP)
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chemical created when the terminal phospate is removed from ATP
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phosphorylation reaction
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one in whicg a phospate group is transferred to some other compound
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oxidation
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chemical process in which a substance loses electrons
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reduction
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substace gains electrons
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redox reactions
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when oxdiation and reduction reactions happen at same time
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nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)
NADH |
NAD is an acceptor molecule, when reduced sotres large amounts of free eneergy... becomes reduced when combined with hydrogen
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NADP
Nadph |
hydrogen accptor but has an extra phospate group then NAD
nadph is the reduced form |
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Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAd)
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is a nucleotide that accepts hydrogen atomd and electrons
reduced=fadh2 |
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cytochromes
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proteins that contain iron
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enzymes
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regulate rate of chemical reaction
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catalysts
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increase speed of reaction without being consumed
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catalase
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enzyme that decompes 40 million molecules of hydrogen peroxide per second.
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energy of actavation
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energy required to break the existing bonds and being the eraction
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substrate
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substance that an enzyme acts on
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Es complex
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when this break up product is realeased
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active sites
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regions which substre binds to from Es complex
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induced fit
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the binding of the substrate to the enzyme molecule causes a change
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cofactor
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chemicAL componet in enzyme.
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coenzyme
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nonpolypeptide compound that binds to the apoenyzme and erves as a cofactor
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coenzyme a
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is involved in the tranfer groups dervied from organic acid
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metabolic pathway
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serious of reactions
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feedback inhibiton
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type of enzyme regulation in which the formulation of a product inhibits an earlier reaction in the sequence
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allosteric site
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receptor site of enzymes
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allosteric regulators
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substances that affect enzyme activity by binding to allsteric inhibtors
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Reverible inhibiton
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when an inhibotr forms weak chemical bonds with an enzyme
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competitive inhibiton
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inhibtior competes with the normal substare for binding to the active site of the enzyme
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noncompetive inhibtion
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inhibtor binds with the enzyme at a site other han the active site
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irreversible inhibtion
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inhibitor permentatly inactivates or destroys an enzyme when the inhibitor combines with one of the enzymes functional groups
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