5.7-repspspsiration Flashcards
what are some biological processes atp drives?
active transport endocytosis+exocytosis protein synthesis dna replication cell division movement eg flagella, cilia, undulipodia activation of chemicals
what are anabolic reactions?
building up
catabolic?
breaking down
what is the structure of atp?
adenine attached to ribose (adenosine) attached to three phosphates
what is adenosine?
adenine and ribose attached
what happens to atp in solution in cells?
relatively stable, can be easily moved around
why is atp convenient?
a small quantity of energy is released at each stage of hydrolysis-cells can obtain energy they need for process in small amounts that won’t cause damage or be wasteful
why is atp not wasteful?
release of heat helps keep living organisms warm
what are the 4 stages of respiration of glucose?
glycolysis
link reaction
krebs cycle
oxidative phosphorylation
what is glycolysis?
the first stage of respiration; a 10 stage metabolic pathway that converts glucose to pyruvate
what are the 3 main stages of glycolysis?
phosphorylation of glucose into hexose biphosphate
splitting each hexose biphosphate into 2 triose phosphates
oxidation of triose phosphate to pyruvate
what does nad stand for?
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
what is nad?
non-protein molecule that helps dehydrogenase enzymes carry out oxidation reactions- COENZYME
what does NAD do in glycolysis, the link reaction and the krebs cycle?
oxidises substrate molecules
what is NAD synthesised from?
nicotinamide
ribose
adenine
2 phosphoryl groups
what is nicotinamide also called?
vitamin B3
what can the nicotinamide ring on NAD do?
accept 2 Hs, becoming reduced NAD.
what does reduced NAD do?
carries the protons and electrons to the cristae of mitochondria + delivers them to be used in oxidative phosphorylation
what needs to happen to glucose before it can be split?
it’s stable so its molecules need to be activated
what are the stages of phosphorylation of glucose?
1) 1 molecule of atp is hydrolysed + the released phosphoryl group is added to glucose to make hexose monophosphate
2) another atp is hydrolysed and the phosphoryl group is added to make hexose biphosphate.
where do the phosphoryl groups attach to the glucose when it’s getting phosphorylated?
carbons 1 and 6
what happens when hexose biphosphate splits?
the energy from the hydrolysed atp molecules activates the hexose sugar and prevents it from being transported out the cell, each molecule is split into 2 3C molecules, triose phosphate.
what kind of process is the oxidation of triose phosphate to pyruvate?
anaerobic