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1
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What is bioenergetics?

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Energy conversion in biological systems
- Observed in photosynthesis

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What is the importance of chemical energy?

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  • Used by organisms to perform work
  • Essential for cell survival
  • Usually obtained from the environment
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What are the different types of work?

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  • Osmotic
  • Chemical
  • Mechanical
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What is osmotic work?

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Maintains varying [solute] across biological membranes
- Na+/K+ pump

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What is chemical work?

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Biosynthesis (anabolic) and degradation (catabolic) of organic molecules

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What is mechanical work?

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Muscle contraction in animals

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What are redox reactions?

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  • Series of linked oxidation-reduction reactions
  • Transfer electrons from one compound to another in sequential fashion
  • Used in processes where chemical work is performed and energy is made
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What is reduction vs oxidation?

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Reduction: gain of electrons (GER)
- Increase in number of hydrogens
- Decrease in number of bonds to oxygen
- Becomes more negative

Oxidation: loss of elections (LEO)
- Decrease in number of hydrogens
- Increase in number of oxygens
- Becomes more positive

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What is a system (thermodynamics)?

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Collection of matter in a defined space

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What are the surroundings (thermodynamics)?

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All the space not included in the system

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What are the types of systems?

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  • Open = matter and energy are freely exchanged with the surroundings
  • Closed = only energy is exchanged with the surroundings
  • Isolated = neither matter nor energy is exchanged with the surroundings
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What is the first law of thermodynamics?

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  • Energy can be neither created nor destroyed
    • Can only be converted from one form to another
    • Energy has an effect on enthalpy (H)
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What is the second law of thermodynamics?

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All spontaneous processes in the universe tend toward disorder (entropy, S) in the absence of energy input

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What is exothermic vs endothermic?

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  • Exothermic: reaction releases heat (feels hot), -ΔH
  • Endothermic: reaction absorbs heat (feels cold), +ΔH
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What is entropy?

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Measure of disorder
- Increases when there is more dispersal of energy in a system
- Ex. protein to amino acids

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What is Gibbs free energy?

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  • The difference between enthlapy (H) and the entropy (S) at a given temp
    • ΔG = ΔH - TΔS
      • (Standard conditions are 298K and 1atm)
  • For biochemocal standar conditions: (pH = 7, H2O constant [55M])
    • ΔG’ = ΔH - TΔS
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17
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What is the Gibbs free energy equation for cellular conditions?

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ΔG = ΔGº’ + RT(lnQ)
- If reaction is at equilibrium: ΔG’ = RT(lnQ)

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What are exergonic vs endergonic reactions?

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Exergonic: ΔG < 0 (negative)
- Forward reactions
- Reaction is favorable and spontaneous

Endergonic (have to put energy into system): ΔG > 0 (positive)
- Reverse reactions
- Reaction is unfavorable and nonspontaneous

19
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What is the relationship between ΔGº and Keq?

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ΔGº = -RT(lnKeq) (at equilibrium)
- Keq
- Keq > 1: favors formation of products
- Keq < 1: favors formation of reactants
- Keq = 1: neither reactants nor products are favored

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What are biochemical standard conditions?

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  • pH = 7
  • [H2O] = 55.5 M
  • Mg2+ = 1 mM (when involved in reactions)
    • Usually stabilizes negative charges on ATP
21
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Explain coupled reactions.

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  • Endergonic reaction can be coupled to exergonic reaction to become overall favorable as long as the exergonic reaction has an absolute value greater than the endergonic reaction
  • Ex. ATP hydrolysis
  • Must add the free energies of the separate reactions to find the overall free energy
22
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What is energy charge?

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Relationship between [ATP], [ADP], and [AMP] at any given time in a cell

23
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What does a high vs low energy charge mean?

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  • High EC: More ATP vs. ADP and AMP
    • Anabolic
  • Low EC: More ADP and AMP vs. ATP
    • Catabolic
24
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What are catabolic pathways?

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Convert energy-rich compounds into energy-depleted compounds
- Low EC
- Generate ATP and reduced coenzymes (NADH, FADH2, NADPH) using stored fuels

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What are anabolic pathways?

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Reactions that produce biomolecules from smaller molecules
- High EC
- Use ATP to replenish stored fuels

26
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Explain the polarity of water.

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Hydrogen bonding occurs when a hydrogen atom is covalently bonded to an electronegative atom and in close proximity to another electronegative atom
- “Shared” between the 2 electronegative atoms

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What kind of stuff is water good at dissolving?

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  • Polar
  • Partially charged
  • Fully charged
28
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What are the kinds of weak noncovalent interactions in biomolecules?

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  1. Hydrogen bonds
  2. Ionic interactions
  3. Van der Waals interactions
29
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What are hydrogen bonds?

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Bonds between hydrogen atoms on an electronegative donor group and another electronegative atom

30
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What are ionic interactions?

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Bonds between oppositely charged atoms
- Electrostatic interactions
- Strength of bond depends on distance between the ions and the environment between them
- Salt bridges in proteins

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What are van der Waals interactions?

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Temporarily occur between the dipoles of nearby electrically neutral molecules
- Depend strongly on the distance between the two atoms

32
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What are hydrophobic effects?

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  • Occur between nonpolar molecules
  • Don’t form hydrogen bonds with water
  • Important role in protein folding reactions
  • Hydrophobic regions cluster together away from water
33
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What is osmosis?

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Diffusion of solvent molecules from a region of lower solute concentration to higher solute concentration through semipermeable membrane
- Can be affected by osmotic pressure

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What is the pH equation?

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35
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What is the Henderson-Hasselbach equation?

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36
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What are buffers?

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Aqueous solutions that resist small changes in pH

37
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Draw and label a titration curve.

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38
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Explain biological membranes.

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  • Physical barriers in living systems
  • Contain amphipathic lipid molecules that self-assemble into a bilayer
    • Majority of amphipathic lipids are phospholipids
  • Membrane fluidity depends on phospholipid composition
    • Cholesterol helps it be more semisolid (vs. fluid)
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Explain phospholipid bilayers.

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  • Hydrophilic polar head orient toward aqueous environment
  • Hydrophobic nonpolar tails located near interior of membrane
40
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What is phospholipid flipping?

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  • Proteins and lipids can move in membranes
  • Lateral mobility depends on
    • Temperature
    • Distribution of saturated and unsaturated lipids and cholesterol
    • Density and types of proteins embedded in the membrane
  • Transverse flipping is normally very slow
    • Flippases use energy from ATP hydrolysis to catalyze phospholipid flipping

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