What is UGT1A4? The majority of drugs are metabolized to form compounds that are more polar in structure than their parental precursors. The ultimate goal is to 1) increase the hydrophilicity of the presented compounds along with their molecular weight, 2) inactivate their biological effects and 3) facilitate their efflux from the cells, subsequently followed by excretion into bile or urine1. The metabolic enzymes in charge of this process are traditionally organized into two separate…
Hypothesis: Our reagent, Malonate, is an inhibitor of the mitochondrial enzyme Succinate Dehydrogenase (SDH) that will bind to the active site of the enzyme and result in a decrease of enzyme activity. Justification: Any agent that interferes with enzyme activity is an inhibitor. Inhibitors can affect the catalysis and/or the binding of enzymes to substrate. Malonate is an inhibitor of SDH primarily because of its shape and function, as the shape is similar to that of succinate (Clark, 2009).…
26. In point form list four ways in which photosynthesis and cellular respiration and interdependent. Include the specific stages and molecules for both processes in your answers. 1. The glucose formed during the Calvin cycle in photosynthesis by some G3P molecules breaking off is used to release ATP during cellular respiration. 2. The splitting of water during the light reactions of photosynthesis in Photosystem II produces oxygen that releases into the air as carbon dioxide. The oxygen from…
There's various types of ways an organism can live, one being autotrophic. Autotrophs sustain themselves without eating anything derived from living beings. They're the producers of the biosphere because they can release organic molecules. Most autotrophs get their energy from photosynthesis. They store their chemical energy in carbohydrate food molecules that they build themselves. Autotrophs are the ultimate source of organic compounds producing organic molecules and that's the direct link…
anaerobic respiration? “During anaerobic respiration, less energy is released than during aerobic. This is because the breakdown of glucose is not complete. What it does to your muscles is it releases much less energy than it needs. Due to this, anaerobic respiration produces an oxygen debt that is the amount of oxygen needed to oxidise lactic acid to carbon dioxide and water” (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_aqa/respiration/respirationrev4.shtml). “Anaerobic respiration…
When analyzing the given graph showing the relationship between anaerobic respiration and temperature, it can be seen that at -20°C the amount of fermentation during anaerobic respiration is zero, as the temperature increases the amount of fermentation increases, until 35°C when fermentation is at 100%. Interestingly, as the temperature increases further, fermentation decreases until at 60°C it ceases once more. At Earth’s beginning it is thought that the earth was covered with active volcanoes…
Introduction: Cellular Respiration is the process of oxidizing food molecules, like glucose, to carbon dioxide and water. The energy released is trapped in the form of ATP for use by all the energy-consuming activities of the cell. This occurs in three phases: glycolysis, the Kreb’s cycle and oxidative phosphorylation. When measuring consumption of oxygen during the oxidation of glucose, respirometers are used. Respirometers are devices that measure these types of gas volume changes, and…
The purpose of this lab was to hypothesize about cellular energetics and measuring the rates of respiration and photosynthesis, explain what cellular respiration and its aspects such as glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and electron transport chain then how each process is involved in producing ATP and why fermentation occurs. This lab had two parts to the experiment. Experiment A analyzed cellular respiration by measuring the production carbon dioxide with various forms of sugar. Experiment B examined…
Respiration and Excretion In this lab we tested to see if respiration was a form of excretion. We were testing for the excretion of salt and water. When testing for the excretion of water, we placed a test strip in our palms/hands and closed them to a fist for 1-2 minutes. We then took a blue test strip of silver nitrate and placed it into a zip lock bag for our control. We would also take to additional blue strips and place one into a zip lock bag and begin respiration process of exhaling…
functioning of the carbon cycle are photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Photosynthesis is the metabolic pathway that takes raw materials and converts it to sugar. Photosynthesis takes place in the leaves, specifically in the chloroplasts of the cells of plants. Photosynthesis also occurs in plants, green protista, and prokaryotes. There are two phases in photosynthesis, the light dependent and the light independent reactions. Cellular respiration is the metabolic pathway that converts…