Cellular respiration Flashcards
Define respiration
is a metabolic process that result in the release of energy and an increase in the available energy ATP from organic substrates (carbs)
Write the chemical equation of the respiration of glucose
C6H12O6 + 6O2 →6CO@ +6H2O+ energy
What is the respiratory quotient
it compares the amount of carbon dioxide produced to the amount of oxygen used
A reaction with the RQ>1
Anaerobic respiration
A reaction with the RQ<= 1
Aerobic respiration
The two types of respiration
aerobic in the presence of oxygen break down of substrate to inorganic compounds. anaerobic without oxygen breakdown to products such as lactic acid
What are the needs/uses of energy within the body ?
Active transport/ mechanical work/ electrical discharge/ maintenance of the body temperature in warm blooded animals
The benefits of the oxidation of glucose happening in small stages
allowing for control and improve harnessing of energy
How to lower the activation energy for the oxidation of glucose?
the use of enzymes/ the phosphorylation of glucose to raise its energy levels
The energy currency of the cell
ATP
The formation and breakdown of ATP is catalysed by?
ATPase
(the general concept of ATP formation) ATP is formed when…
a chemical reaction release sufficient energy to bind phosphate to ADP
The nucleotide in both ATP and ADP is
Adenosine
The two ways in which ATP can be formed
Substrate phosphorylation and
define substrate phosphorylation
the energy from a chemical reaction used to bind organic phosphate from a substrate with ADP
define oxidative phosphorylation
energy available from redox reaction (electron transfer) used to add inorganic phosphate to ADP
The four steps of aerobic respiration
Glycolysis- Link reaction- Krebs cycle- oxidative phosphorylation
what which stages substrate phosphorylation happens?
Glycolysis- Krebs cycle
Glycolysis make…. from…..
2 pyruvate(3C)-one glucose(6C)
Where does glycolysis take place
cytoplasm
Glycolysis is (anaerobic/aerobic)
Anaerobic since no oxygen needed
The two stages of glycolysis are
Phosphorylation and oxidation
The products of glycolysis
4 ATP (gain only2) 2 pyruvate and 2 Nadh
After the glycolysis what happens to the products?
The two Nadh go to oxidative phosphorylation while the two pyruvate get actively transported into the matrix of the mitochondria for the link reaction
Where does the end reaction take place
The mitochondria matrix
The substrate and end product of a link reaction
2 Pyruvate (substrate)- 2 acetyl coenzyme A- 2 Nadh -2CO2
The steps within a link reaction
decarboxylating of pyruvate ( loss of c in the form of co2) then oxidation ( Nad will be Nadh)→acetate (2c) addition of coenzyme A→acetyl coenzyme (2c)
Krebs cycle happens in…
matrix of the mitochondria
the Krebs cycle is a series of…..
oxidation-reduction reactions
During the Krebs cycle acetyl coenzyme A combines with… to form…
with a four carbon molecule oxaloacetate to form a six carbon molecule citrate
the product of combining acetyl coenzyme A with oxaloacetate in the Krebs cycle
citrate(6c)
The products of(2) Krebs cycle
4CO2(waste)- 6NADH-2FADH-2 coenzyme A- 2ATP( goes back to the link reaction)
which step of aerobic respiration produces the most ATP
oxidative phosphorylation