3.3.3 Respiration Flashcards
What do both aerobic and anaerobic respiration start with?
Glycolysis
Where does glycolysis occur?
Happens in cytoplasm
Is glycolysis are anaerobic or aerobic process?
Anaerobic process
Name the 2 stages in glycolysis
- Phosphorylation
- Oxidation
Glycolysis
Describe what happens in phosphorylation
- Glucose is phosphorylated using phosphate from a molecule of ATP
- Creates 1 molecule of glucose phosphate and 1 molecule of ADP
- ATP is then used to add another phosphate = hexose bisphosphate
- Hexose bisphosphate is splits into 2 molecules of TP
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Glycolysis
Describe what happens in oxidation
- TP is oxidised (loses H) = 2 molecules of pyruvate
- NAD collects H+ ions = 2 reduced NAD
- 4 ATP produced, but 2 used up in stage 1 ∴ net gain of 2 ATP
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What happens to the products of glycolysis in aerobic respiration?
- 2 molecules of reduced NAD go to oxidative phosphorylation
- 2 pyruvate molecules are actively transported into matrix of mitochondria for link reaction
Anaerobic Respiration
Pyruvate is converted into ___ in plants and yeast
Ethanol
(Using reduced NAD)
Anaerobic Respiration
Pyruvate is converted into ___ in animal cells and some bacteria
Lactate
(Using reduced NAD)
Illustrate Alcoholic Fermentation
(i.e. write equation)
Reduced NAD reduces/donate H ions to pyruvate to ethanol
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Illustrate Lactate Fermentation
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Name the 4 main stages in aerobic respiration
- Glycolysis
- Link Reaction
- Krebs Cycle
- Oxidative Phosphorylation
Describe the link reaction
- Pyruvate is decarboxylated
- (1 C is removed in form of CO₂)
- Pyruvate is oxidised to form acetate
- & NAD is reduced to form reduced NAD
- Acetate is combined with coenzyme A (CoA) to form acetyl coenzyme (acetyl CoA)
- No ATP produced
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2 pyruvate molecules are made for every glucose molecule that enters glycolysis. This means that the ____ _____ and _____ _____ happens _____ for every glucose molecule.
2 pyruvate molecules are made for every glucose molecule that enters glycolysis. This means that the link reaction and Krebs cycle happens twice for every glucose molecule.
After Link Reaction
For each glucose molecule, state the quantity of each product and where they go
- 2 molecules of acetyl CoA go into the Krebs cycle
- 2 CO₂ molecules are released as waste product
- 2 molecules of reduced NAD are formed and go to oxidative phosphorylation
Krebs cycle Involves a series of ________ reactions
oxidation-reduction
Where does the Krebs cycle takes place?
In matrix of mitochondria
Krebs cycle happens once for every ______ molecule & goes round 2x for every ______ molecule
Krebs cycle happens once for every pyruvate molecule & goes round 2x for every glucose molecule
Describe the Krebs cycle
- Acetyl CoA combines with 4C to form 6C
- CoA A goes back to link reaction to be used again
- 6C → 5C
- Decarboxylation occurs
- Dehydrogenation occurs
- H is used to NAD → reduced NAD
- 5C → 4C
- Decarboxylation and dehydrogenation occur, produced 1x reduced FAD & 2x reduced NAD
- ATP is produced by direct transfer of phosphate group from intermediate compound to ADP
- Called substrate-level phosphorylation
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Define oxidative phosphorylation
- Process where energy carried by electrons, from reduced coenzymes (reduced NAD and reduced FAD), is used to make ATP
- Involves electron transport chain and chemiosmosis
Describe Oxidative Phosphorylation
- Reduced NAD → NAD & reduced FAD → FAD = releases H
- H atoms split into protons and e−
- e− move down electron transport chain, losing energy at each carrier
- Energy is used to pump protons from mitochondrial matrix into intermembrane space
- Conc. of protons is now higher in intermembrane space than in mitochondrial matrix
- Forms electrochemical gradient
- Protons move down electrochemical gradient into mitochondrial matrix via ATP synthase
- Movement drives synthesis of ATP from ADP and P¡
- In mitochondrial matrix, at end of transport chain, protons, electrons and O₂ (from blood) combine to form water
- O₂ = final electron acceptor
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____ ATP are made from each reduced NAD and ___ ATP are made from each reduced FAD
2.5 ATP are made from each reduced NAD and 1.5 ATP are made from each reduced FAD
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