Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
14 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
The sum total of chemical reactions used for biosynthetic and energy-harvesting processes.
|
Metabolism
|
|
|
Fuels made from a renewable biological source such as plants and organic waste products is called a ____.
|
Biofuel
|
|
|
Processes that harvest energy released during the breakdown of compounds such as glucose, using it to synthesize ATP
|
Catabolism
|
|
|
Processes that utilize energy stored in ATP to synthesize and assemble the building blocks of macromolecules that make up the cell.
|
Anabolism
|
|
|
Proteins that facilitate each step of a metabolic pathway.
|
Enzymes
|
|
|
Uses the chemical energy released in an exergonic reaction to add P to ADP.
|
Substrate-level Phosphorylation
|
|
|
Harvests the energy of proton motive force to add P to ADP.
|
Oxidative Phosphorylation
|
|
|
Photosynthetic organisms can harvest the energy of the sun to drive the formation of a proton motive force, which is called ____.
|
Photophosphorylation
|
|
|
An oxidation reaction in which a hydrogen atom and proton are removed is called a ____.
|
Dehydrogenation
|
|
|
A reduction reaction in which a hydrogen and proton are added is called a ____.
|
Hydrogenation
|
|
|
Non-protein component that assists an enzyme
|
Cofactor
|
|
|
Organic cofactors
|
Coenzymes
|
|
|
FAD, NADP+, and NAD+ are ____.
|
Coenzymes
|
|
|
Process by which the end product of a pathway acts as an allosteric inhibitor of the first enzyme in the pathway.
|
Feedback Inhibition
|
