Chapter 6 Flashcards
A) What is the relationship between catabolism and anabolism? [Figure 6.1]
They work together and they compose metabolism
B) What is the process of catabolism?
Breaking down molecules and releasing energy
C) What is the process of anabolism?
Making molecules – requires atp
D) What is energy? [Figure 6.2]
Capacity to do work
1) How do photosynthetic organisms get energy?
They use the sunlight to harvest energy and use it to power synthesis of organic compounds
2) How do chemoorganotrophs get energy? [figure 6.3]
Get energy by degrading organic compounds
E) What is the difference between an exergonic and endergonic reactions? \
Exergonic = releases energy Endo= uses energy
F) What is a metabolic pathway? [Figure 6.4]
Sequence of chem reactions that converts a compound to an end product
1) What are enzymes? What is the substrate?
Enzymes are protiens that function as catalysts. Substrate is the first substance that is converted into another
2) What is the activation energy? [Figure 6.5]
E it takes to start a reaction
3) What are ATP and ADP and what are they used for? [Figure 6.6]
Donor of free energy= atp (ribose, adenine, and three phosphates Adp is same with only 2 phosphates and it accepts electrons.
4) What happens during substrate-level phosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation?
Substrate lvl: energy from exergonic reactions uses e released to phosphorylate adp
Oxidative phosphorylation: uses proton force from the gradient due to elect. Transport chain to take adp to atp.
5) What is photophosphorylation?
Uses the proton gradient from elect transport chain…powered via sun
6) What is the energy source and the terminal electron acceptor? [Figure 6.7]
Source is the one that is elecrtron donor. Termincal is the electron acceptor.
7) What are redox reactions? How are they involved in metabolic pathways? [Figure 6.8]
Substance that looses reaction is then oxidized and the one that receives he reduction is reduced
8) What are the electron carriers? What do they do? [Table 6.1]
NAD, FAD,NADP They accept and donate electrons
9) What are the precursor metabolites and what is their role? [Table 6.2]
Serve as carbon skeletons in which macromolecules can be made
Made via glycolysis
G6P-Lipopoly sacarides
F6P-PEPTIDOLYGAN
Dihyxroitonaceton phosphate: lipids
3 phoshpoglycerate- proteins aa’s cysteine glycine and serine
Phosphoenol pyruvate- aa’s tryp tophan tyrosine and phynalalaine
Pyruvate- aa’s alanine, lucine, and valine
Pentose Phosphate Cycle 9 precurser metabolites)
Ribose 5 phosphate- nucleic acids and protiens
Erythrose 4 phosphate- aa’s tryptophan tyrosine and phynalalaine
Acetyl CoA- lipids
TCA Cycle
Alpha ketoglutarate- aa’s glutamate, glutamine,prolineil
Oxaloacetate- protiens
10) What is the metabolic highway? [Figure 6.9]
Gluclose entering cell will have different pathways/ destinations
A) What are the two processes in oxidative phosphorylation?
1) using elect. trans. chain to make proton gradient
2) using aptase to make atp
B) What is the chemiosmotic theory?
theory that elect. trans chain is part of atp production
C) What is the electron transport chain?
membrane embeded electron carriers that pass electrons to each other, ejecting protons in the process
1) How can a ball going down stairs be likened to the energy transfer in the ETC? [Figure 6.18]
energy is gradually released as the electrons are passed down the chain energy is release via protons being ejected