Chapter 5 6 7 Flashcards
Functions of ATP
mechanical work: muscle contraction, flagella/cilia movement, organelle movement
transport work: moving substances across cell membrane
chemical work: substance synthesis and break down, signal transduction
ATP& Cell work
energy storing molecule used to power cellular work
conformational change
a slight shape change on the enzyme to make a better fit
Regeneration
remaining molecules are used to go back to the beginning of the process
simple diffusion
spontaneous movement across of particles down their concentration gradient
Photosystem II
electrons become excited by light energy is then produced and it goes to chl a then electrons become excited and transferred to the ETC then water splits and replenishes e- to Chl A, protons (H+) move into thylakoid space to increase concentration protons then move down their concentration gradient through an enzyme which uses this energy to add phosphate to ADP to make ATP
Concentration Gradient
a difference in concentration from one region to another
thermodynamics
branch of physics that studies energy transformations
exocytosis
vesicle fuses with cell membrane to spill out its contents
active transport
energy required to move particles from low to high concentration
induced fit
interaction between enzyme and substrate
entropy
measurement of the amount of disorder in a system
ETC
Initiating Molecules: NADH FADH
Important Products: 32 ATP
Important Enzymes: ATP Synthase
Location: Inner Membrane
First Law: Conservation of Energy
energy is never created nor destroyed, only transformed
Allosteric Inhibiton
molecule bins onto another site, not the active site,causing a change to the active site, which becomes no longer a proper fit for the substrate to bind