Big Idea #2 Flashcards
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Anabolic Pathways
And Example
- consume energy to build up complicated molecules from simpler ones.
- they are sometimes called biosynthetic.
- Ex: the synthesis of a protein from amino acids.
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Catabolic Pathways
-Releases energy by by breaking down complex molecules to simpler ones.
What is a major pathway of catabolism?
Cellular Respiration
What happened during cellular respiration?
Brief summary
Sugar glucose and other organic fuels are broken down in the presence of oxygen to carbon dioxide and water.
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Apomixis
The asexual reproduction of seeds where is there is no joining or, in deed, production of sperm and egg.
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ATP
-Adenosine Triphosphate
-trip means three - three phosphate molecules
A-P~P~P
- = strong
~ = weak
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ATP Synthase
- The enzyme that actually makes ATP and ADP from inorganic phosphate.
- works like ion pump in reverse.
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Chemiosmosis
The process, in which energy stored in the form of a hydrogen ion gradient across a membrane is used to drive cellular work such as the synthesis of ATP.
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Binary Fission
Cell division meaning “division in half”
-Prokaryotes (bacteria and archea) also reproduce by binary fission but the prokaryotic process does not involve mitosis.
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Active transport
The movement of a substance across a cell membrane, with an expenditure of energy, against its concentration gradient.
-mediated by specific transport proteins
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Adaptive radiation
Period of evolutionary change in which groups of organisms form many new species whose adaptations allow them to fill vacant ecological roles in their communities.
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Calvin cycle
The second of two major stages in photosynthesis, involving fixation of atmospheric carbon dioxide and reduction of the fixed carbon into carbohydrate.
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Chloroplast
An organelle found in plants and photosynthetic Protists that absorbs sunlight and uses it to drive the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water.
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Signal Transduction pathway
The process by which a signal on a cells surface is converted to a specific cellular response.
What are the three stages of cell signaling?
- Reception
- Transduction
- Response
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Ligand
Ligand is the term for a molecule that specifically binds to another molecule, often a larger one.
What does ligand binding generally cause?
Ligand binding generally causes a receptor protein to undergo a change in shape.
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G protein-coupled receptor
A plasma membrane receptor that works w the help of a G protein.
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G protein
A protein that binds the energy-rich molecule GTP.
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Kinase
An enzyme that catalysts the transfer of phosphate groups.
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Protein phosphatases
Enzymes that can rapidly remove phosphate groups from proteins.
___________________ provide a mechanism for turning off the signal transduction pathway when the initial signal is no longer present.
Phosphatases
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Adenylyl cyclase
Converts ATP to cAMP (cyclic AMP)
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cAMP
(Cyclic AMP)
Activates protein kinase A which phosphorolates other proteins.
-second messenger
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Phosphodiesterase
An enzyme that converts cAMP to AMP.
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Competitive inhibitor
A substance that reduces the activity of an enzyme by entering the active site in place of the substrate whose structure it mimics.
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Concentration gradient
A region along which the density of a chemical substance increases or decreases.
_______ is given off as a product of all chemical reactions.
Heat
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Entropy
The amount of free energy lost as heat to the environment.
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Energy coupling
Occurs when the energy from a catabolic reaction is stored in ATP so that it can be available to an anabolic reaction.
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Polarity
Water is a polar molecule, with a partial positive charge at one end and a partial negative charge at the other end.
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Hydrogen bonding
Bonds between these partial positive and partial negative charges are hydrogen bonds.
Organisms obtain nutrients and eliminate waste products efficiently by maintaining high _________________________ at s cellular level.
Surface area to volume ratio