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Biochemistry week 11 Flashcards

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What is carbohydrate and lipid oxidized to generate

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  • ATP
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What is the primary energy carrier

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ATP

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Where does most energy production occurs through

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Redox reactions in the mitochondria

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What is ATP synthesis tightly coupled with

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respiration

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What does Gibbs free energy measure

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  • It measures the maximum energy obtainable from a reaction at constant temperature and pressure
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What type of reactions produce ATP

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Catabolic reactions

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What is the structure of ATP

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  • Contains Adenine (base), ribose sugar, 3 phosphate groups
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What is the name of the bonds between the phosphate groups

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Phosphoanhydride bons

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Name some common uses of ATP

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  • Active transport
    -Biosynthetic reactions
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What is the primary function of Mitochondria

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Essential for aerobic metabolism

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Where does glycolysis occur

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  • Cytoplasm
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Where does fatty Acid oxidation and ATP production take place

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  • Mitochondria
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What is the energy from the oxidation of reduced coenzymes used for

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  • To synthesize ATP through oxidative phosphorylation
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What are the characteristics of the Outer mitochondrial membrane

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  • Contains enzymes and transport proteins
    -Permeable to ions,small molecules and proteins
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What are the characteristics of the Inner Mitochondrial Membrane

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  • Impermeable to most ioms and small molecules
    -Contains transporters for selective molecule translocation
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Where is the electron Transport chain embedded

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  • It is embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane
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What are the components of the ETC(what it includes)

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It includes large protein complexes + 2 smaller components:
-Ubiquinone (co enzyme Q)
-Cytochrome C

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Explain the mechanism of electron transfer

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  • Electrons move through a sequence of redox reactions
  • The flow is the from molecules with negative reduction potentials to those with positive reduction potentials
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Where are electrons donate from in the ETC

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  • By reduced nucleotide enzymes
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What is the final electron acceptor

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  • where oxygen acts as the terminal electron acceptor, combining i=with electrons to form water
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How does electrons loose energy in the ETC

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  • They loose energy at each step of the way
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What drives proton transport

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  • Energy released from electron transfer drives proton transprt from the mitochondrial matrox to inermembrane space
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What is involved in creating a proton gradient

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  • 3 proton pumps
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What is the purpose of a proton gradient

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  • The gradient powers ATP synthesis in oxidative phosphorylation
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What is the purpose of Electron shuttles
They allow the oxidation of cytosolic NADH without the physical transfer into the mitochondrion
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Name 2 types of electron shuttles
-Glycerol -3-phosphate shuttle -Malate - Aspartate shuttle
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What is the mechanism of the glycerol -3-phosphate mechanism
-NADH reduces DHAP to G3P in the cytosol -G3P is oxidized back to DHAP at the mitochondrial membrane, transferring electrons to FAD to form FADH2 - Elextrons enter the ETC via ubiquinone
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What is a common use of the glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle
In skeletal muscles
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What are common uses of the Malate-Aspartate shuttle
Heart and liver
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Explain the mechanism for Malate-Aspartat shuttle
- Oxaloacetate is reduced to malate in the cytoplsm -Malate crosses the inner mitochondrial membrane and it is reoxidized to oxaloacetate in the mitochondria
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What is ATP synthesis in the mitochondria driven by
- The proton gradient during the oxidation of NADH and FADH2
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Name the 3 major coenzymes
- NAD + -FAD -FMN
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How are the 3 major coenzymes reduced
- Electrons are transferred from carbohydrates and fat reducing them
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What is the reduced form of the 3 Major coenzymes
- NADH -FADH2 FMNH2
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What does NAD+ accept when being reduced
- Hydride ion with 1 proton and 2 electrons
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What does FAD and FMN accept when being reduced
- 2 electrons and 2 protons
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Name the 4 protein complexes that the ETC contains
complex 1 -NADH dehydrogenase complex 2 - Succinate dehydrogenase complex 3-cytochrome bc1 complex 4 -cytochrome C oxidase
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What is the function of complex 1 (NADH dehydrogenase)
-Accepts electrons from NADH and trasfers them to FMN and to coQ - Pumps 4 H+ (protons) into the intermembrane space
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What is the function of the complex 2 (succinate dehydrogenase)
- Trasnfers electrons from FADH2, then to coA
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What is the function of complex 3(cytochrom bc1)
Transfers electrons from coQ to cytochrome C -Pumps 4 protons (H+ ions) across the inner mitochondrial membrane
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What is the function of complex 4 (cytochrome c oxidase)
- Reduces oxygen to water using electrons from cytochrome c - Pumps 2 H+ ions across the membrane
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Explain the structure of ATP synthase and functions
- Composed of 2 domains -F0 domain: forms an H+ channel -F1 domain: Where ATP sythesis occurs
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Explain how protons are pumped and what it creates
- The protons are pumped from the mitochondrial matrix to the intermembrane space at complexes 1,3,4. This creates: -An electrical gradient -A pH gradient These combined drive ATP synthesis
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Explain the process of ATP synthesis
-The H+ ions flow back into the matrix through the F0 channel -This drives the rotation of the c-ring in the F0 domain - Rotation causes a conformational change in the 3 beta subunits of the F1 domain , enabling: -binding of ADP + pi -Phosphorylation of ADP to ATP -
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What are the effects of uncouplers
- Increased respiration and heat productiom
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Name 2 types of uncouplers
- uncoupling protein-1 -2,4 dinitrophenol
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What is the function of uncouplers
- Distrupt the proton gradient by transporting proton back into the mitochondria wihtout passing through ATP synthease

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