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Cell respiration Flashcards

1
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Define respiration

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break down molecules (food) for energy (converted to ATP)

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Differentiate breathing and respiration

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Breathing
- inspiration (inhaling) and exhalation
- mainly to exchange gas
Respiration
- “breathing” (external respiration) under this broader term — encompasses also cellular processes where oxygen is used to produce energy and carbon dioxide is the byproduct // (general): break down of organic molecules to gain energy (-> ATP)

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Outline the two types of respiration

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1.) aerobic(oxygen)

2.) anaerobic (w/o oxygen)

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4
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Outline the two types of anaerobic respiration

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1.) Lactic acid fermentation
2.) Ethanol / Alcoholic fermentation

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5
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Differentiate lactic acid and ethanol respiration

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Ethanol respiration
- Done by plants

Lactic acids
- done by animals

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6
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If ethanol respiration is present in bread (yeast breaking down food thus producing ethanol), why don’t we get drunk when making bread?

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High heat in the baking will cook the alcohol and reduce the alcohol contents to be scarcely sensible

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Where is most of the respiration happening?

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In the mitochondria (the powerhouse of the cell)

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What happens in the electron transport chain and krebs cycle (DB)?

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Chemiosmosis

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9
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Why does eukaryotic cell has more ATP

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It has mitochondria — therefore it do the Kreb’s cycle and the electron transport chain

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10
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Define glycolysis

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The breaking down of sugar

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Define phosphorylation

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When a phosphate group adds a phosphate molecule to become unstable (so the added molecule can be rearranged — can break away?)

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What is the formula of glucose

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C6 H12 O6

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When a glucose is under glycolysis into 2 molecules what will be their formula?

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C3 H6 O3

(half of the original formula of glucose)

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What kind of respiration is glycolysis?

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Anaerobic — small net gain of ATP (only 2)

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15
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Define cell respiration

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The controlled release of energy by enzymes: metabolic pathways and cycles

(explanation: via reactions aka metabolic pathways(chains)/cycles the cell is able to produce and control the energy. ig by control, they control some of the enzymes via end-product inhibition for example? not sure)

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16
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Where is chemical energy stored?

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In bonds — which is why respiration is catabolic

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17
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How can the energy from glucose be made usable for the body?

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It must be converted to ATP in order for it to be used by the body

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18
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Outline the three organic compounds for energy

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Carbs, lipids, proteins

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19
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Why are lipids so filled with energy

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Many bonds due to lots of hydrogen bonds (also see the triglycerides)

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20
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Define ketones

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Lipids/fatty acids converted to a form of energy usable by the body

  • Keto diet
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21
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Outline the form of ATP

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light blue pentose - carb (bc of the shape)

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22
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Why is the tri-phosphate recognized by energy in the body?

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The bond between the phosphates contain energy

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How do we get ADP (adenosine di-phosphate)

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When one of the phosphates broke off for energy

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24
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How does ADP return to being ATP

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Stray phosphate bonds to ADP to create ATP (2->3 phosphates)

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25
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What is the chemical equation of Cell Respiration 😰

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(glucose -> C6 H12 O6)
(under the glucose — it says “or other organic molecule”)

in regular words: specifically, glucose plus oxygen forms carbon dioxide plus water.(pay attention to those you know)

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26
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What type of respiration is cell respiration?

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Aerobic
- as seen in the chemical equation, there’s oxygen

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How many ATP does anaerobic respiration have per glucose?

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2 ATP per glucose

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28
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In animals. what will anaerobic respiration produce?

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Glucose - forms -> Lactate + 2 ATP

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29
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In plants and yeast, what will anaerobic respiration produce?

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ethanol + carbon dioxide + 2 ATP

30
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Where does anaerobic respiration (glycolysis) happen?

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Always cytoplasm
- because it has water — breaking down (dissolving?)
- also glucose can’t go into mitochondria as is

31
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What is anaerobic resp good for:

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  • short rapid ATP production (easier to break down glucose rather than lipids.)
  • low oxygen supply in environments (good for anaerobic organisms)
32
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When glucose is broken down, what is it called?

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Pyruvate

33
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contrast aerobic and anaerobic resp. on terms of OSYP

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  • Oxygen: Aerobic: ✅ ; Anaerobic ❌
  • Substrate: Aerobic: Glucose or lipids ; Anaerobic: glucose only
  • Yield of ATP: Aerobic: larger ; Anaerobic respiration: smaller
  • Products: Aerobic: CO2 + water; Anaerobic: (Humans; lactate); (Yeast: CO2 and ethanol)
34
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Differntiate aerobic and anaerobic respiration

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35
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Why is the third phosphate that joined to the ADP to create ATP considered “inorganic”? (GUESS)

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It is because it was originally not part of the ADP but it joined

36
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Give the similarities between aerobic and anaerobic respiration

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On the glycolysis part:
- glycolysis is an anaerobic process
- BUT cell respiration (aerobic) HAS glycolysis

On the production of CO2:
- (Aerobic): e.g. Link reaction produces 2 CO2 (+ 2 NADHs + 2 Acetyl-CoA) from the oxidation of pyruvate
- (Anaerobic): In alcohol fermentation, it produces ethanol + Co2 (+2 ATP)

37
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Define catabolic pathway

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kdown if complex molecules
e/g/: hydrolysis

38
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Define redox

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Oxidation is inseparable with reduction

39
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Compare and contrast oxidation and reduction

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  • Electrons: Oxidation: loss; reduction: gain;
  • Hydrogen: loss; gain (if hydrogen is given away then electron is given away — give & take)
  • Oxygen: Gaining Oxygen; losing oxygen;
  • Product: C-O bonds; C-H bonds (because gaining in hydrogen)*
  • Energy levels: compund w/ lower: cmpnd with higher (due to loss/gain of electrons respectively)

*Why carbon?: present in all organic compounds — thus in living creatures and their life processes like metabolism
Why oxygen? - oxidation: removal of electron -> hydrogen and the addition of oxygen

40
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What will be oxidized in cellular respiration (general)0

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The glucose
(C6H12O6 [glucose] + 6O2 -> 6 Co2 [ oxidation to become carbon dioxide — no hydrogen for glucose] + 6 H2O [ reduction to become water — adding hydrogen/electrons for O] + energy])

41
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Define oxidation

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loss of electrons/hydrogen -> less energy

42
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What are the electron carriers with their reduced and oxidized form?

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  • NAD (oxidized) -> NADH (reduced form)
  • NADP -> NADPH (reduced)
  • FAD -> FADH2 (reduced)
43
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Define reduction

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gain of electrons/hydrogen -> more energy

44
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why is the reduced form of FAD is FADH2

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Because it can hold 2 hydrogen atoms

45
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What does the hydrogen represent?

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Electrons — therefore, it’s an indicator of electron presence

46
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What is the other name for pyruvate oxidation?

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Link reaction

(Because after decarboxylation, the free C atom becomes a CO2 atom. — oxidation)

47
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Outline the four main processes of cell respiration

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Glycolysis, link reaction, citric acid cycle/krebs cycle, electron transport chain

48
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At the first step (glycolysis), how many ATP is produced?

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2 ATP because glycolysis is anaerobic (but not the whole cell resp. bc of ETC)

49
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What are the 2 pyruvates converted to in order to get into the mitochondria?

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2 Acetyl CoA via oxidation (2C -> 3 C)

50
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Which stage will yield the most atp

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ETC with 34 ATP

51
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Describe the cell respiration process of glycolysis? (process + end product)

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2 stages: energy investment and energy harvest.

Energy investment
- Glucose w/ 6 carbons
- 2 ATP borrowed from cytosol and reduced to 2ADP
- 2 phosphates of ADP to go to the two ends of glucose — made unstable to break [phosphorylation, glc-6-PO4]
- [lysis] break down of glucose to 2 pyruvates

Energy Harvest
- Phosphate from cytosol attach to pyruvates — rephosphorylation for later
- Will cause NAD -> NADH + H [oxidation of reduced electron carrier, has an additional hydrogen because each NADH received 2 electrons from G3P]
- [Rephosphorylation] 2 ADP -> ATP [Both process simultaneous, REDOX]

END PRODUCT: 2 Pyruvate + 2 ATP

52
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Why does glycolysis only yield 2 ATP at the end?

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Because paid 2 ATP to start reaction [Energy investment], must pay back by 2 ATP —> 4 ATP (Total “end product”) - 2 ATP(payment) = 2

  • also anaerobic respiration — oxygen not the terminal electron acceptor in glycolysis because the electron carriers like NADH haven’t released their electron (?)
53
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Describe link reaction [3]

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In the matrix
Main objective: convert the 2 pyruvate to 2 acetyl-CoAs by removing one carbon from the two pyruvate
1.) [Decarboxylation] pyruvates oxidized get removed.

2.) The stay/freed carbon will be Oxidized (becomes CO2)
- If there’s oxidization, there’s reduction -> NAD -> NADH
produced 2 NADH (now from glycolysis, total = 4 NADHs because of the 2 pyruvates).

END PRODUCTS: 2 Acetyl-CoA (2C)
2 CO2 and 2 NADH

54
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Where does glycolysis happen?

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Cytosol — water in cytosol break down the glucose

55
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Define cristae

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The inward fold of the mitochondria membrane to maximize surface area

56
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Describe krebs cycle

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objective: have the same start product (bc cycle) and produce as much reduced electron carriers (NADH + FADH2) as possible

CITRIC ACID CYCLE
1.) [Citric acid cycle] The acetic acid-CoA (2 carbons) + oxoloacetate ( a 4 carbon molecule )-> citrate (6 carbons)

DECARBOXYLATION
- ig to oxidize more NAD -> NADH?
2-3.) [Decarboxylation x2] 6 carbons -> 4 Carbons
- [x2 Reduction] NAD -> NADH
- [x2 oxidation] C -> CO2

REGENERATION

4.) No more carbon of original pryuvate, the substance become an oxoloacerate to combine with another acetyl-CoA (which is supplied by the link reaction + glycolysis!)
- Reduced reactions:
- NAD -> NADH
- 2FAD -> 2 FADH2
- 2 ADP -> 2 ATP

57
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Describe the electron transport chain

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In the inner membrane — cristae
- [Oxidative phosphorylation]: oxidation of hydrogen/electron carriers -> synthesis of ATP
-Objective: create ATP

STEP 1: Proton Motive Force
- NADH (and FADH2) supplies 2 electrons (in the ETC) and protons (@ the matrix) to first carrier in the chain.
- The electrons transferred to the electron transport chain
- ^ passing through the chain, ^ loses energy due to proton pumps for pumping energy (pumping the H+ ions) | matrix -> inter membrane space
- creates electrochemical gradient (high - inter-membrane space-> low - matrix) — proton motive force

STEP 2: CHEMIOSMOSIS
- Due to proton motive force, the protons will return to matrix via transmembrane enzyme ATP synthase
- By moving through the ATP synthase, the enzyme will rotate, synthesis of ATP

STEP 3: Reduction of Oxygen
- De-energized protons (travelled using ATP synth) need to be removed (for the ETC to work)
- Oxygen as final electron receptor — removes the de-en. protons by forming water with them via bonding.

58
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Why is it called “chemiosmosis?”

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High to low electron concentration
- like osmosis (passage of water in and out of the cell)
- but replace that with electrons — chemistry-related

59
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Define electron transport chain

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Series of electron carriers in the inner membrane of the mitochondrion including the cristae

60
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Why is oxygen the terminal electron acceptor?

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So remove the de-energized protons which where de-energized from travelling using the ATP synthase.

61
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Define the mitochondria part “matrix”

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62
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What is the end product of the electron transport chain?

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32-34 ATP (total after cell respiration: 36 ATP — 2 from krebs 2 from glycolysis)
H2O
NAD+ (reduced, made positive because electrons fueled the proton pumps0
FAD (ditto)

63
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Why will the electron transport chain not work if the de-energized protons are not removed?

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*Electron flow in the ETC will stop because the reduced NAD cannot go back to NAD -> the supplies of NAD run out (wuh-oh! #shortage alert!) *link reaction and krebs cycle continue no more!**

64
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What is the goal of the first step in ETC?

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Proton motive force - to make the protons matrix -> intermembrane space (for ATP synthesis) -> matrix to remove the de-energized protons

65
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What is the goal of the second step in the electron transport chain?

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To produce ATP by making the protons go through ATP synthase

66
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What is the goal of the third step in electron transport chain?

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To remove the de-energized protons so there’s a steady supply of NADH

67
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After cell respiration, what are the products?

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34-36 ATPs
(2 from Glycolysis, 2 from Krebs, 34 from ETC)

68
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Why does phosphorylation make bonds more unstable?

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It makes bonds more unstable because the addition phosphate: ^ energy = ^ mvmt = ^ more chance for the bond to break = ^ instability

69
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What is the purpose of krebs cycle in cell respiration?

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To produce many electron carriers (3 NADHs, 1 FADH + 2 ATPs — additional)

70
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What is the purpose of yeast undergoing respiration?

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To make the bread rise
- by trapping the end products of anaerobic reaction (water, Co2) inside bread dough as pockets of gas
- The Co2 expands -> bread rise

71
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What type of cells does anaerobic reaction take place? And how is this related to their structure?

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Prokaryotic cells;
- because they have no mitochondria;
- no krebs cycle, and ETC (that’s why they only yield 2 ATP — can only do glycolysis);

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