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Chapter 7 - The Cycles of a Cell Flashcards

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What are autotrophs?

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Converts radiant energy into chemical energy (self feeders)

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What are heterotrophs?

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Live on organic compounds that they consume (fed by others)

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What is cellular respiration?

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The central process in the energy metabolism which involves oxidation of organic compounds and using energy released to form ATP.

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How is energy extracted from organic mixtures?

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By rearranging Cā€“H bonds via oxidation/reduction.

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What is aerobic respiration?

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When the electron acceptor is oxygen.

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What is anaerobic respiration?

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When the electron acceptor is an inorganic molecule other than oxygen.

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7
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What is fermentation?

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When an organic molecule accepts electrons.

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What is the chemical equation for burning carbohydrates?

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C6H12O6 + 6 O2 ā€“> 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + energy (heat and ATP)

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What makes up NAD+?

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Two nucleotides which are nicotinamide monophosphate (NMP) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP) which are joined head-to-head by their phosphate groups.

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How does NAD+ become NADH?

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NAD+ acquires 2 electrons and a proton from the active site of an enzyme and is reduced to NADH.

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What is substrate-level phosphorylation?

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When ATP is formed by transferring a phosphate group directly to ADP from a phosphate-bearing intermediate or substrate.

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What is oxidative phosphorylation?

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When ATP is synthesized by the enzyme ATP synthase, using energy from a proton (H+) gradient.

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13
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How is the proton (H+) gradient formed?

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High-energy electrons removed by oxidation of glucose passes down an electron transport chain.

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What is the process of Glycolysis?

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Converts glucose into 2 3-carbon molecules of pyruvate.

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Where does glycolysis take place?

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In the cytoplasm

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How many net ATPs does glycolysis yield?

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2 ATP

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17
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How many steps is the first half of glycolysis?

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5 reactions

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What happens in the first 3 steps of glycolysis?

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It primes glucose by changing it into a compound that can be readily cleaved into 2 3-carbon phosphorylated molecules.

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True of False: The first half of glycolysis needs 2 ATP in order to prime glucose.

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True: Glycolysis begins by expending 2 ATP to transfer phosphate to each end of the glucose. This produces a 6-carbon molecule with two phosphates.

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What is formed in the next 2 reactions of the first half of glycolysis?

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2 3-carbon monophosphate sugars called glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P).

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What is the 2nd to last step of glycolysis?

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Each G3P is oxidized transferring 2 electrons and 1 proton to NAD+ forming NADH. A molecule of Pi is added to G3P to produce 1 3-biphosphatoglycerate (BPG).

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What is the last step of glycolysis?

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The phosphate incorporated is transferred to ADP by substrate-level phosphorylation in an exergonic reaction. 2 net ATP is formed

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How much energy is produced with glycolysis?

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14.6 kcal of energy per glucose

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True or False: Cells contain a large amount of NAD+

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False: a cell must oxidize NADH back to NAD+ in order for glycolysis to continue

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What is the chemical equation for glycolysis?

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glucose + 2 ADP + 2 Pi + 2 NAD+ ā€“> 2 pyruvates + 2 ATP + 2 NADH + 2 H+ + H2O

26
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Where does the citric acid cycle take place?

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In the mitochondria

27
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How is pyruvate harvested?

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Pyruvate is oxidized to produce a 2-carbon compound and CO2 with the electrons transferred to NAD+ to produce NADH.

The 2-carbon compound is oxidized to two molecules of CO2 by the reactions of the citric acid cycle.

28
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What is the term of pyruvateā€™s oxidation?

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decarboxylation

29
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How is acetyl-CoA formed?

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By the decarboxylation of pyruvate from cleaving off one of pyruvateā€™s three carbons. The remaining 2-carbon compound is acetyl-CoA.

30
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What carbon group is fed into the citric acid cycle?

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acetyl-CoA

31
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What is acetyl added to?

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The acetyl groups is added to 4-carbon acid oxaloacetate

32
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What does acetyl turn into in the CAC?

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It produces citrate

33
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What happens to citrate in the CAC?

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Citrate converts back to oxaloacetate, generating CO2 and transferring electrons and protons to the electron carriers NADH and FADH2.

34
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How many ATP is generated by the oxidation of citrate?

35
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True or False: The citric acid cycle produces a lot of ATP but does not produce a lot of NADH.

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False: Very few ATP is generated but a large amount of NADH is generated for use in the electron transport chain.

36
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How many reactions are in the citric acid cycle?

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9 reactions

37
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What is the first reaction of the CAC?

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Condensation: Citrate is formed by joining acetyl-CoA to oxaloacetate.

38
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What happens in reactions 2 and 3 of the CAC?

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Isomerization: The hydroxyl (-OH) group of citrate must be repositioned. A water molecules is removed from one carbon and moved to another producing Isocitrate.

39
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What is reaction 4 of the CAC?

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The first oxidation: Isocitrate is oxidized in a decarboxylation reaction. Yields a par of electrons that reduce NAD+ to NADH. A central carboxyl group splits off to form CO2, produces A-ketoglutarate

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What is reaction 5 of the CAC?

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The second oxidation: A-ketoglutarate is decarboxylated by a multienzyme complex. CO2 is removed and joins to coenzyme A forming Succinyl-CoA. Two more electrons are extracted and reduce another NAD+ to NADH.

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What is the 6th reaction of CAC?

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Substrate-level phosphorylation: The bond of succinyl-CoA is cleaved and drives the phosphorylation of guanosine diphosphate (GDP) forming guanosine triphosphate (GTP). GTP can be converted into ATP. The molecule that remains is succinate.

42
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What is the 7th reaction of the CAC?

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The third oxidation: Succinate is oxidized to fumarate. FAD is the electron acceptor.

43
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What are reactions 8 and 9 of the CAC?

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Regeneration of oxaloacetate: a water molecule is added to fumarate to form malate. Malate is oxidized to oxaloacetate and two electrons reduce NAD+ to NADH.

44
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How many NADH molecules are formed in the citric acid cycle?

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10 molecules

45
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How man FADH2 molecules are formed in the CAC?

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2 molecules

46
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How many net ATP molecules are formed in the CAC?

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4 molecules.

47
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What is the best method to understand the CAC?

A

Follow the electrons

48
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Where does the electron transport chain take place?

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In the inner mitochondrial membrane

49
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What is the first to receive the electrons in the ETC?

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NADH dehydrogenase

50
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What is the carrier called that passes electrons to a protein called the bc1 complex?

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Ubiquinone

51
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What is the next carrier called that carried electrons to the cytochrome oxidase complex?

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Cytochrome C

52
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What does the cytochrome oxidase complex do?

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It uses 4 electrons to reduce a molecule of oxygen. Each oxygen atom combines with two protons to form water.

53
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How does the proton gradient form in the ETC?

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The flow of highly energetic electrons induces a change in the shape of proton pump proteins which causes them to transport protons across the membrane.

54
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What is chemiosmosis?

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The chemical formation of ATP is driven by a diffusion force similar to osmosis

55
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How does ATP synthases work?

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Most of the protons that re-enter the matrix pass through ATP synthase which uses the energy of the gradient to catalyze the synthesis of ATP from ADP and Pi.

56
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How many ATP is produced by NADH?

57
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How many ATP is produced by FADH2?

58
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How many ATP is yielded in aerobic respiration?

59
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True or False: Bacteria have a higher ATP production.

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True: Bacteria can produce up to 30-32 ATP.

60
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What is produced in alcohol fermentation?

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NAD+ and ethanol which is used to create wine.

61
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What do muscle cells produce?

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Converts pyruvate into lactic acid and regenerates NAD+.

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