Abac Biol 2107 Openstax Chapter 6 Metabolism

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___ is the totality of an organism's chemical processes.

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Metabolism

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___ are metabolic pathways which release energy by breaking down complex molecules to simpler compounds.

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Catabolic pathways

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___ are metabolic pathways which consume energy to build complicated molecules from simpler ones.

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Anabolic pathways

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___ is the capacity to do work - to move matter against opposing forces.

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Energy

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___ is the energy in the process of doing work (energy of motion).

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Kinetic energy

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___ is the energy that matter possesses because of its location or arrangement (energy of position).

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Potential energy

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___ is the study of energy transformations

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Thermodynamics

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Collection of matter under study which is isolated from its surroundings is a _____ system (closed/open)

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Closed

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A ____ system in which energy can be transferred between the system and its surroundings.(closed/open)

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Open

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Which law states that energy can be transferred and transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed (energy of the universe is constant)?

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First Law of Thermodynamics

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Which law states that every energy transfer or transformation makes the universe more disordered (every process increases the entropy of the universe)?

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Second Law of Thermodynamics

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___ is the quantitative measure of disorder that is proportional to randomness (designated by the letter S).

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Entropy

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Those reactions that can occur without outside help are ____

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Spontaneous processes

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Those reactions that can only occur if energy is added to a system ____

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Nonspontaneous processes

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___ is the portion of a system's energy available to do work; is the difference between the total energy (enthalpy) and the energy not available for doing work (TS).

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Free energy (G)

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What is the formula for free energy?

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G = H - TS

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What is the formula for free energy change?

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ΔG = ΔH - TΔS

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In the formula for free energy change, what is ∆G?

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change in free energy

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In the formula for free energy change, what is ∆H?

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change in Enthalpy (total energy)

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In the formula for free energy change, what is ∆S?

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change in Entropy

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In the formula for free energy change, what is T?

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Temperature in Kelvin

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A reaction that proceeds with a net loss of free energy is ___ an (exergonic/endergonic) reaction

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Exergonic

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An ________ (exergonic/endergonic) reaction is one that releases free energy to its surroundings.

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exergonic

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Δ G of an exergonic reaction is _____ (positive/negative)

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negative.

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Amount of energy that reactant molecules must absorb to start a reaction is the ____.

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Energy of activation

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What is the unstable condition of reactant molecules that have absorbed sufficient free energy to react?

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Transition state

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An energy-requiring reaction that proceeds with a net gain of free energy is ___ (exergonic/endergonic)

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Endergonic

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An _____ (exergonic/endergonic) reaction is one that requires free energy from its surroundings.

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endergonic

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Δ G of an endergonic reaction is ____ (positive/negative)

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positive.

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A reaction in which the rates of forward and backward reactions are equal and there is no change in the concentration of products or reactants is at __________

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Chemical Equilibrium

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The ΔG of a reaction at equilibrium is ______

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Zero

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To do work, cells manage energy resources by energy coupling, the use of an ___ (exergonic/endergonic) process to drive an ____ (exergonic/endergonic) one

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exergonic
endergonic

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Nucleoside triphosphate with unstable phosphate bonds that the cell hydrolyzes for energy to drive endergonic reactions.

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ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

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The bonds between the phosphate groups of ATP’s tail can be broken by ____ reactions

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hydrolysis

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List the three main kinds of work of ATP.

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1. Chemical work such as driving endergonic reactions such as the synthesis of polymers from monomers
2. Transport work such as pumping substances across membranes against the direction of spontaneous movement.
3. Mechanical work such as beating of cilia, contraction of muscle cells, and movement of chromosomes.

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A ___ is a chemical agent that accelerates a reaction without being permanently changed in the process, so it can be used over and over.

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Catalyst

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___ are biological catalysts, which are usually proteins.

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Enzymes

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Enzymes catalyze reactions by lowering the _____

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EA barrier

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The ____ is a substance an enzyme acts on and makes more reactive.

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Substrate

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Change in the shape of an enzyme's active site, which is induced by the substrate is described as ____

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Induced fit

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______ is the restricted region of an enzyme molecule which binds to the substrate.

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Active site

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List the 4 mechanisms that enzymes use to lower activation energy and speed a reaction

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1. orients substrates
2. put stress on bonds that must be broken, making it easier to reach the transition state.
3. favorable microenvironment for a specific reaction.
4. Enzymes may even bind covalently to substrate

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List the environmental factors that can effect enzyme rate.

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1.Temperature
2.pH

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Small non-protein molecules that are required for proper enzyme catalysis are _____

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Cofactors

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a ___ is a non-protein organic cofactor.

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Coenzyme

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The protein portion of an enzyme is the ____.

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Apoenzyme

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The apoenzyme plus its coenzyme or cofactor is the ____.

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Holoenzyme

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_____ are molecules that bind to enzymes and prevent enzymes from catalyzing reactions.

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Inhibitors

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________ (competitive/noncompetitive) inhibitors are chemicals that resemble an enzyme's normal substrate and compete with it for the active site.

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Competitive

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________ (competitive/noncompetitive) inhibitors do not enter the enzyme's active site, but bind to another part of the enzyme molecule

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Noncompetitive

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Enzymes are proteins encoded by ___

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genes

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Mutations (changes) in genes lead to changes in ____ of an enzyme

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amino acid composition

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Altered amino acids in enzymes may alter their shape and affect ______.

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substrate specificity

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Specific receptor site on some part of the enzyme molecule other than the active site is the ____

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Allosteric site

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_____ stabilize the active form of the enzyme

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Activators

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_______ stabilize the inactive form of the enzyme

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Inhibitors

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Regulation of a metabolic pathway by its end product, which inhibits an enzyme within the pathway is called ________

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Feedback inhibition

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How can the localization of enzymes within a cell help order metabolism?

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1.Metabolic pathway assembled in a multienzyme complex
2.Fixed locations within the cell as structural components of membranes
3.In solution, within an organelle with its own internal microenvironment

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Endergonic or exergonic?

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endergonic

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Endergonic or exergonic?

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exergonic

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spontaneous or non-spontaneous?

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non-spontaneous

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spontaneous or non-spontaneous?

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spontaneous

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Substrates are ___energy and products are ____ energy.

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low
high

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Substrates are ___energy and products are ____ energy.

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high
low

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negative or positive ΔG?

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positive

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negative or positive ΔG?

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negative

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Does this reaction require or release energy (net)?

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require

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Does this reaction require or release energy (net)?

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release

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What are the sections of the graphs labeled A-D?

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A free energy of substrate
B free energy of product
C activation energy
D free energy

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Substrates are ___stable and products are ____ stable.

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more

less

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Substrates are ___stable and products are ____ stable.

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less

more

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This is and example of _____ (competitive/noncompetitive) inhibition.

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noncompetitive

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This is and example of _____ (competitive/noncompetitive) inhibition.

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competitive

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What type of inhibition is this diagram depicting?

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Feedback inhibition

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Does this depict enzyme activation or inhibition?

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Activation