Ch 8 - 10 Flashcards
What two types of pathways are their and define them?
Catabolic (breakdown) - Exergonic, spontaneous, down hill
Anabolic (Build up) - consumes energy to build up complex molecules
endergonic, uphill rxn, not spontaneous
Define metabolic pathways
Begins with a specific molecule, which is then altered in a series of defined steps, resulting in a certain product.
ex. Molecule (A) undergoes a reaction w/ an enzyme to create molecule (B) which under goes a rxn w/ an enzyme to create molecule (c) etc. until it transforms into the desired molecule.
What is the name of the process of which organisms transform energy?
Thermodynamics - the study of the energy transformations tht occur in a collection of matter.
What is the first law of thermodynamics
Energy can be transferred and transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed .
1st law AKA the principle of conservation of energy
what is the second law of thermodynamics
• 2nd law: Every energy transfer and transformed increases the entropy(A measure of Disorganization) of the system
Heat:random movement of particles; Disorganization energy
Every time energy has been used it is less organized
how is energy transformations of life are subject to the laws of thermodynamics
living things are an opens system, tht react with the environment.
energy and matter can be transferred between the system and its surroundings.
an example of an open system
living things absorb energy - for instance, light energy or chemical energy in the form of organic molecules - and release heat and metabolic waste such as CO2, to the surroundings
ATP powers cellular work: it couples exergonic to endergonic rxn
another way of asking is
How does energy released from catabolism of ATP become coupled to cellular work?
> ATP + H2O V
E from catabolism(exergonic)/\ Energy for cellular work endergonic
/\ ADP + P- <
Organisms live at the expense of free energy
it is usable energy. energy ready to do work.
free energy is used to do all of the cellular work.[VERY IMPORTANT]
ex. atp is used to change the shape of transport proteins.
also used to move motor proteins.
What is energy and define it
Energy is the capacity for work
the ability to do work or produce change
What types of energy are there?
Kinetic energy- objects in motion
Potential- not moving
Thermal Energy- is kinetic energy associated with the random movement of particles.
how can energy be transferred or transformed
a bear can transfer or transform chemical energy of the organic molecules in its food to kinetic energy and other forms as it carries out biological processess
what happens to energy after each transformation?
every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the system
define entropy
a measure of of disorder or randopmness
define free energy
is the portion of a systems energy tht can perform work when temperature and pressure are uniform throughout the system .
define endergonic rxn
anabolic , building up
requires an input of free energy
uphill rxn
not spontaneous
define exergonic
catabolic - breaking down
spontaneous
downhill
release of free energy
define enzyme
a protein catalyst
define catalyst
a chemical agent tht speeds up a rxn without being consumed by the rxn
define activation energy
The amount of energy needed to push the reactants to the top of the energy barrier
define active site
is a pocket or groove on the surface of the enzyme where catalysis occurs
define inhibitors
certain chemicals inhibit the action of specific enzymes
define competitive inhibitor
reduces the productivity of the enzyme by blocking substrates from entering active sites
define noncompetitive inhibitor
do not directly compete w/ the substrate to bind to the active site. they bind else where and change the shape of the enzyme
define ATP
the bodies currency
Adenosine Triphosphate
define induced fit
brings chemical grps of the active site into positions tht enhance thesi ability to catalyze the chemical rxn