A & P chpt 4 vocab

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protein that catalyzes a specific a specific biochemical reaction.

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enzyme

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The chemical reactions in cells that us or release energy

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metabolism

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synthesis of larger molecules from smaller ones: anabolic metabolism

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anabolism

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breaksown of large molecules

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catabolism

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anabolic process that joins small molecules by releasing the equivalent of a water molecule.

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dehydration synthesis

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enzymatically adding a water molecule to split a molecule.

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hydrolysis

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target of enzyme action

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substrate

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part of an enzyme that temporarily

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active sites

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a series of linked enzymatically controlled chemical reactions

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metabolic pathways

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enzyme, usually present in small amounts, that controls the rate of a metabolic pathway by regulating one of its steps

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rate limiting enzyme

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nonprotein organic molecule required for the cativity of a particular enzyme

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coenzyme

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organic compound other than a carbohydrate, lipid or protein needed for normal

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vitamin

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small moleculeor ion that must combine with an enzyme for activity

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cofactor

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a biochemical pathway that releases energy from organic compounds

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cellular respiration

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Organic molecule that stores and releases energy used in the cellular process

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adenosine triphosphate

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a molecule produced when adenosine triphosphate loses a terminal phosphate

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adenosine diphosphate

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metabolic process that adds phosphate to an organic molecule

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phosphorylation

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process by which oxygen combines with another chemical; removal of hydrogen orloss ofelectrons; the opposite of reduction

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oxidation

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the energy releasing breakdown of glucose to pyruvic acid during cellular respiration

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glycolysis

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a series of chemical reations that oxidizes certain molecules, releasing energy; krebs cycle

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citric acid cycle

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series of oxidation reduction reactions that takes high energy electronsfrom glycolysis and the citric acid cycle to form water and ATP

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electron transport chain

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presence of molecular oxygen

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aerobic

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absence of molecular oxygen

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anarobic

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organic compound formed from pyruvic acid during the anerobic reacrions of cellular respiration

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lactic acid

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# A & P chpt 4 intermediate compound produced from the oxidation of carbs and fats

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acetyl coenzyme A

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# A & P chpt 4 the genetic material; DNA

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deoxyribonucleic acid

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# A & P chpt 4 information for synthesizingproteinsencoded in the nucleotide sequence of DNA molecules

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genetic code

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# A & P chpt 4 the unit of inheritance; part of a DNA molecule that encodes info to synthesize a protein, control sequence or tRNA or rRNA

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gene