Bioenergetics & ETC Flashcards
What foods have 9 kcal per gram?
Fats
What foods have 7 kcal per gram?
Alcohol
What foods have 4 kcal per gram?
Proteins and carbohydrates
What biochemical pathway oxidizes fuels and reduces nucleotides?
Kreb’s cycle
Where is the Kreb’s cycle located?
Mitochondrial matrix
Name the 6 high energy compounds
- Phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP)
- Phosphocreatine
- 1,3-biphosphoglycerate
- Pyrophosphate
- Acetyl CoA
- ATP (GTP, TTP, UTP)
What transports large proteins in and out of the matrix and where are they located?
TOMS: transporters of outer membrane
TIMS: transporters of inner mitochondrial membrane
Where are the components of oxidative phosphorylation located?
Inner mitochondrial membrane (ETC)
What is the energy produced by electron transport used for?
To pump protons out into the inner mitochondrial space
What is another name for the electron transport chain?
Oxidative phosphorylation
What enzyme discharges the proton gradient to produce ATP
ATP synthase/ complex V
What is the final electron acceptor in the electron transport?
O2
What reduced nucleotide enters at complex I?
NADH
What enzyme is at complex I?
NADH-Q reductase
Where does complex I send electrons?
CoQ 10
What electron carriers are in complex I?
FMN, iron-sulfur box
What does NADH need in order to enter the mitochondria from the cytoplasm?
A shuttle
What shuttle does NADH use in skeletal muscle?
Glycerol 3-phosphate shuttle
What is the letter for Glycerol 3-phosphate shuttle?
G
What is NADH converted to by the G shuttle?
FADH2
What complex does the G shuttle act like?
Complex II
What electron carriers are in complex G?
Iron-sulfur box
What shuttle does NADH use in the heart and liver?
Malate-aspartate shuttle
What is the enzyme for the Malate-aspartate shuttle?
AST/SGOT
What reduced nucleotide enters in complex II?
FADH2
What enzyme is at complex II?
Succinate dehydrogenase
What electron carriers are in complex II?
Iron-sulfur box
What reduced nucleotide does complex F produce?
FADH2