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1
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How long does ATP last in your body

A

30 sec

unstable, and not stored

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2
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Cellular respiration happens in 4 steps, list them

A
  1. Glycolysis
  2. Pyruvate processing
  3. Citric acid cycle
  4. Electron Transport & chemiosmosis
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3
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Where does glycolysis occur

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in the cytosol

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4
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Why do we breathe

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to metabolize glucose into CO2 + H2O + ATP

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5
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There are two main ways that ATP can be cashed in on, what are they

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  1. Cellular respiration
  2. Fermentation
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6
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How many steps are there in glycolysis

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10 steps

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7
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For each molecule of glucose that goes into glycolysis, what is the net result

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  • 2 molecules of ATP
  • 2 molecules of NADH
  • 2 molecules pyruvate
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8
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What happens when the are high levels of ATP in the system

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ATP acts as an allosteric inhibition

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9
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What is feedback intuition

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what a product impeds the process when its abundant

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10
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Where does the ATP bind when it is in abundance

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onto the regulatory site

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11
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how many phosphate groups does the glycolysis process need to get over the energy barrier to start the reaction

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2 ATP

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12
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Where is pyruvate processed

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in the mitochondrial matrix

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13
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What does pyruvate react with as a coenzyme

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Coenzyme A

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14
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What are the inputs for pyruvate processing

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pyruvate

NAD+

Coenzyme A

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15
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What are the outputs for pyruvate processing

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NADH

CO2

Acetyl CoA

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16
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When NAD+ are changed to NADH, what is occuring here

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2 electrons are being given up

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17
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True/False

there are both positive and negative feedback controls for pyruvate processing

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True

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18
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What is the purpose of the citric acid cycle

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to extract electrons in CH3 bonds for acetyle CoA = has high PE

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19
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the citric acid cycle begins with ______ and ends with _________

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citrate; oxaloatetate

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20
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Because glycosis produces ___ molecules of pyruvate, the citric acid cycle turns ___ times for each molecule processed in cellular respiration

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2; 2

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21
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in the citric acid cycle, for each molecule of glucose, what are the outputs

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6 CO2

10 NADH

2 FADH2

4 ATP

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22
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Is ubiquinoue a protein

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no

it`s known as coenzyeme Q

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23
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what is a distigushing factor about coenzyme Q

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consists of a carbon-containing ring witha hydrophobic tail

= moves easily through the membrane

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24
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How does a hibernating bear survive 7 months without eating and drinking. Don`t forget that the bear is exhaling H2O

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through oxidative phosphoraliation - H2O is made

25
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What is chemosmsis

A

the production of ATP via the proton gradient

the inner mitochondria mb acts as a dam and ATP synthase acts as a turbine with the BIG energy payoff

26
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How many ATP molecules are made via chemiosmsis

A

25

27
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What does aerobic mean

A

respiration that depends on O2

acts as electron acceptor

28
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Which is in it`s oxiadized form NAD or NADH+

A

oxidized NAD

Reduced NADH+

29
Q

What are the inputs and outputs in glucolysis

Net

A
  • Inputs: 2 ATP, 2 NAD+, 4 ADP
  • Outputs: 2ADP, 2 NADH, 4 ATP, 2 pyruvate
  • Net: 2 NADH, 2 ATP, 2 pyruvate
30
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Think of the electron carrier as a shuttle bus, it can take 2 passengers, when it is full it is ________, when it is empty it is _______.

A

reduced; oxidized

31
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A molecule that gains an electron is said to be

A

reduced

32
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Cellular respiration occurs in 4 main stages, list them

A
  1. gylcolysis
  2. pyruvate processing
  3. cyclic acid cycle
  4. Electron transport chain
33
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gylcolysis`s purpose is to break down glucose by _________

A

oxidation

34
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the first 5 steps of glycolysis requires what

A

E`y and use of 2 ATP

35
Q

_______________ occus whan an enzyme catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group from a phosphorylated substrate to ADP, forming ATP

A

substrate-level phosphorylation

36
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which step in gylcyosis is feedback inhibition regulated

A

step 3

37
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in the citric acid cycle how many times does it go around for every glucose molecule split

A

2 times

b/c 2 pyruvate in

38
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Glycolysis

Select one:
A. Has no connection with the respiratory transport chain
B. Reduces 2 NAD+ per glucose
C. Is the reverse of fermentation
D. Produces 1 ATP per glucose
E. Takes place in the mitochondrion

A

B

39
Q

The majority of the ATP produced during aerobic respiration is made by

Select one:
A. the electrons carried by NADH
B. the movement of hydrogen ions through an ATP synthase enzyme
C. substrate-level phosphorylation
D. autophosphorylation

A

B

40
Q

During a redox reaction the molecule that gains an electron has been

Select one:
A. Reduced and now has a higher energy level
B. Oxidized and now has a lower energy level
C. Oxidized and now has a higher energy level
D. Reduced and now has a lower energy level

A

A

41
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Which statement about pyruvate is NOT true?

Select one:
A. It becomes reduced during fermentation
B. It is a protein
C. It contains three carbon atoms
D. It is the end product of glycolysis
E. It is a precursor of acetyl CoA

A

B

42
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Fermentation

Select one:
A. Requires lactic acid
B. takes place in all animal cells
C. takes place in the mitochondrion
D. does not require O2
E. Prevents glycolysis

A

D

43
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The respiratory transport chain

Select one:
A. Is located in the mitochondrial matrix
B. Includes only peripheral membrane proteins
C. Reoxidizes reduced coenzymes
D. Operates simultaneously with fermentation

A

C

44
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Compared with fermentation, the aerobic pathways of glucose metabolism produce

Select one:
A. More ATP
B. More oxidized coenzymes
C. Fewer protons for pumping in the mitochondria
D. Lactic acid
E. Less CO2

A

A

45
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The citric acid cycle

Select one:
A. Takes place in the mitochondrion
B. Produces 3 ATP
C. Reduces 2 NAD+ for every glucose processed
D. Is an extension of fermentation

A

A

46
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In the process of lactic acid fermenation, what are the inputs, & outputs

A
  • Inputs: 2 pyruvate, 2 NADH
  • Outputs: 2 lactate, 2 NAD+
47
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An alchohol fermentation what are the inputs and outputs?

A
  • Inputs: Pyruvate is enzematically changed to acetyladehyde, 2 NADH
  • Outputs: 2 CO2, 2 Ethanol, 2 NAD+
48
Q

fat off a camels back used to produce water and other needs of the body, what is this process called?

A

oxidative phosphoralization

49
Q

What is cytochrome C?

A

in chemiosmosis, it acts as a shuttle that transfers electrons b/t complexes

50
Q

What process of cellular respiration makes water?

where

A

Complex 4 in the mitochondrial matrix

51
Q

Where in the mitochondria does the buildup of H+ occur?

A

Intermembrane space

52
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Why is oxygen the most effective of all electron acceptors?

A

because of its high electronegativity

53
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Why do cells in anarobic respiration make less ATP than does an aerobic respiration system?

A

cells that do not use O2 cannot generate such a large potential energy difference, so cannot make as much ATP

54
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Formation of ATP through the compination of proton pumping by electron transport chains and the action of ATP synthase is called _____________________

A

oxidative phosphorylation

55
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____________ is a metabloic pathway that regenerates NAD+ from stockpiles of NADH and allows glycolysis to continue producting ATP in the absence of the the electron acceptor required by the ETC

A

fermentation

56
Q

For each molecule of glucose metabolized, how many molecules of ATP are made by fermenation?

A

2 ATP

versus the approximate 30 made by cellulare respiration

57
Q

In cells _________ are routinely broken down by enzymes to form glycerol and acetyl CoA. Glycerol enters the glycolytic pathway once it has been _____________ and _____________ to form glyceratldehyde-3-phospate- one of the intermediates in the 10-reaction sequence. Acetyl CoA enters the Krebs cycle

A

fats

oxidized and phosphorylated

58
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A

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