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Metabolism

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The sum of all chemical reactions that occur in the cell

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Metabolic Pathway

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A sequential series of chemical reactions in living cells; each reaction is catalyzed by an enzyme

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What is the function of many metabolic pathways?

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To break down energy-rich compounds such as glucose and convert the energy into a form that the cell can use.

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Active Transport is a ________ process.

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Catabolic

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Catabolism

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The process of breaking down compounds into smaller molecules to release energy.

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What two types is energy often classified as?

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Kinetic and Potential

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Anabolism

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The process of using energy to build large molecules from smaller molecules

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Energy

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The capacity to do work

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What is an example of potential energy transforming into kinetic energy?

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A boulder perched on a hilltop has potential energy.

As it starts to roll downhill, some of its potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy.

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What does much of the work in living cells involve?

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The transformation of potential energy into kinetic energy.

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Thermal Energy

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The kinetic energy of particles moving in random directions.

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An increase in the kinetic energy of particles of an object increases the ________________ of the object.

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Temperature

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Heat

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The transfer of thermal energy from one object to another due to a temperature difference between the objects.

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Chemical Energy

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Potential energy stored in the arrangement of the bonds in a compound.

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Kinetic Energy

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The energy of motion

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Potential Energy

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Stored Energy

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Bond Energy

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Energy required to break (or form) a chemical bond.

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The First Law of Thermodynamics

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transformed from one type into another and transferred from one object to another.

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The Second Law of Thermodynamics

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During any process, the universe tends toward disorder.

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Entropy

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A measure of disorder.

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Enthalpy

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The amount of heat in a system.

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Endergonic

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Chemical reaction that requires energy which causes an increase in free energy (change in G is positive)

  • not spontaneous
  • energy of products is more than the energy of reactants
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Exergonic

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Chemical reaction that releases energy which causes a decrease in free energy (change in G is negative)

  • spontaneous
  • energy of products is less than energy of reactants
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Thermodynamics

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The science that studies the transfer and transformation of thermal energy (heat)

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When a chemical bond forms _________ is released.

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Energy

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The amount of energy needed to break a bond is equal to…

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The amount of energy released when the bond is formed.

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What do the laws of thermodynamics apply to?

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A System and its Surroundings

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System

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Whatever object of objects are being studied.

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Surroundings

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Everything in the universe outside of the system.

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Open System

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A system and its surroundings that can exchange matter and energy with each other.

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Energy Transformations Proceed Spontaneously to…

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Convert matter from a more ordered less stable condition to a less ordered, more stable condition.

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What type of system does the the second law of thermodynamics apply to?

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Closed Systems

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___________ reduces disorder;____________ increases it.

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Chemical bonding; heat

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Forms of Kinetic Energy

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  • Thermal
  • Mechanical
  • Electromagnetic
  • Electrical
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Thermal Energy

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The random motion of particles.

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Mechanical Energy

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The coordinated motion of particles.

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Electromagnetic Energy

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The motion of light.

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Electrical Energy

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The motion of charged particles.

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Types of Potential Energy

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  • Gravitational Energy

- Chemical Energy

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Gravitational Energy

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Attraction between two objects.

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Chemical Energy

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Attraction of electrons to protons in a chemical bond.

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Potential Energy Diagram

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Shows the changes in potential energy that take place during a chemical reaction.

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Exothermic

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A net amount of energy is released.

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Endothermic

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A net amount of energy is absorbed.

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Transition State

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The temporary condition in which bonds within reactants are breaking and the bonds between products are forming.

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When is enthalpy positive?

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In endothermic reactions

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When is enthalpy negative?

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In exothermic reactions.

49
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In chemical reactions, entropy increases when…

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  • solid reactants become liquid or gaseous
  • liquid reactants become gaseous products
  • fewer moles of reactant molecules rom a greater number of moles in product molecules
  • complex molecules react to form simpler molecules
  • solutes move from and area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration
50
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The universe favours an __________ in entropy!

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INCREASE

51
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What two factors determine if a physical or chemical change will occur spontaneously?

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Entropy and Enthalpy

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Are Exothermic Reactions Favored or Not?

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Favored

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Are Endothermic Reactions Favored or Not?

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Not Favored

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Is an Increase in Entropy Favored?

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Favored

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Is a Decrease in Entropy Favored or Not?

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Not Favored

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The Spontaneity of an Exothermic Reaction with an Increase in Entropy

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Spontaneous At All Temperatures

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The Spontaneity of an Exothermic Reaction with a Decrease in Entropy

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Not Spontaneous at High Temperatures; Spontaneous at Low Temperatures

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The Spontaneity of an Endothermic Reaction with an Increase in Entropy

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Not Spontaneous at Low Temperatures; Spontaneous at High Temperatures

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The Spontaneity of an Endothermic Reaction with a Decrease in Entropy

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Not Spontaneous at All Temperatures; These changes proceed only with a net input of energy.

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Example of How the Second Law of Thermodynamics is Both Violated But Obeyed

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Living organisms create order out of chaos in a local area of the universe at the expense of creating a greater amount of disorder in the universe as a whole . For example, photosynthesis creates order on Earth at the expense of greater disorder on the Sun.

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ATP

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  • adenosine triphosphate
  • energy currency of the cell
  • purine nitrogenous base adenine attached to a 5 carbon sugar ribose plus 3 phosphate groups
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Hydrolysis of ATP

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  • the terminal phosphate is broken off

- 31 kJ/mol of free enrgy is released

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Phosphorylation

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The process of attaching a phosphate group to an organic molecule.

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Coupled Reaction

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The energy released by an exothermic reaction drives the endothermic reaction.

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Uses of ATP

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  • chemical work: eg. synthesis of macro-molecules making up the cell
  • mechanical work: eg. muscle contractions, cilia movement, chromosomes movement
  • transport work: active transport
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ATP Advantages

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1) Energy-rich molecules found in all cells
2) recycled, on-going process (some energy is used to make more ATP)
3) ATP breakdown is coupled with endothermic reactions in such a way that energy loss is minimized

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Electron Carriers

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Compounds that pick up electrons from energy-rich compounds and then donate them to low-energy compounds.

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NAD+ and NADH

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

-NAD+ is oxidized form and NADH is reduced form

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FAD and FADH2

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Flavin adenine dinucleotide

  • FAD is oxidized form
  • FADH2 is reduced form
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Aerobic Respiration

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Catabolic Pathways That Require Oxygen

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Equation for Aerobic Respiration

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Glucose + Oxygen —> Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy (ATP) C6H12O6 + 6 O2 —> 6 CO2 + 6 H20 + 36 ATP

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Substrate Level Phosphorylation

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ATP Formation From Transferring a Phosphate Group to ADP

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Glycolysis

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Metabolic Pathway That Breaks Glucose Down to Pyruvate

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Net Reaction for Glycolysis

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Glucose + 2 NAD+ + 2 ADP + 2 Pi —> 2 Pyruvate + 2 H2O + 2 NADH + 2 ATP

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Cellular Respiration

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Catabolic Pathways That Break Down Energy-Rich Compounds to Produce ATP

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Oxidative Phosphorylation

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A process that couples the oxidation of NADH and FADH2 by the electron transport chain with the synthesis of ATP by phosphorylation of ADP

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Electron Transport Chain

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A series of electron carriers and protein complexes embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane that accept and donate electrons in a sequential series resulting in oxidative phosphorylation.

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Chemiosmosis

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A process that uses energy in a hydrogen ion gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane to drive phosphorylation of ADP to form ATP

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Free Energy

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Energy from a chemical reaction that is available for doing work.

80
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Some organisms that live in oxygen free environments must use different electron acceptors. What are these?

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Sulfate, Nitrate, Carbon Dioxide

81
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Anaerobic Respiration

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A metabolic pathway in which an inorganic molecule other than oxygen is used as the final electron acceptor during the chemiosmotic synthesis of ATP.

82
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How does E.Coli get its energy?

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  • when oxygen is available they carry out aerobic respiration
  • when oxygen is not available but nitrate is, they synthesize nitrate reductase which can accept electrons from the ETC and pass them to nitrate
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Nitrate as The Final Electron Acceptor (equation)

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NO3- (aq) + 2e- + 2H+ —-> NO2- (aq) + H20 (l)

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Equation for Methanogens Metabolic Pathway

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4 H2 (aq) + CO2 (aq) —>CH4 (g) + 2 H2O (l)

85
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What happens during intense exercise?

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Oxygen cannot be delivered to muscle cells rapidly enough to supply the energy needs of the cells.

86
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What happens to the NADH when there is not enough oxygen available?

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The NADH cannot be reoxidized by the ETC

87
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Fermentation

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A cellular respiration pathway that transfers electrons from NADH to an organic acceptor molecule.

88
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Two Common Pathways of Fermentation

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Lactate and Ethanol Fermentation

89
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What organisms carry out lactate fermentation?

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  • some single-celled organisms

- some animal muscle cells that are temporarily without oxygen

90
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What happens in lactate fermentation?

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  • pyruvate generated by glycolysis reacts with NADH to reoxidize it to NAD+
  • pyruvate is converted to lactate (lactic acid)
  • the reoxidized NAD+ allows glycolysis to continue
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Oxygen Debt

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The amount of oxygen required to eliminate the lactate.

92
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Facultative Anaerobes

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Organisms that can function both aerobically and anaerobically

93
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What happens when facultative anaerobes function anaerobically?

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-they convert pyruvate to ethanol and carbon dioxide through ethanol fermentation

94
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What is released during ethanol fermentation but not during lactate fermentation?

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Carbon Dioxide

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