Chapter 7 - The Cycles of a Cell Flashcards
What are autotrophs?
Converts radiant energy into chemical energy (self feeders)
What are heterotrophs?
Live on organic compounds that they consume (fed by others)
What is cellular respiration?
The central process in the energy metabolism which involves oxidation of organic compounds and using energy released to form ATP.
How is energy extracted from organic mixtures?
By rearranging C–H bonds via oxidation/reduction.
What is aerobic respiration?
When the electron acceptor is oxygen.
What is anaerobic respiration?
When the electron acceptor is an inorganic molecule other than oxygen.
What is fermentation?
When an organic molecule accepts electrons.
What is the chemical equation for burning carbohydrates?
C6H12O6 + 6 O2 –> 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + energy (heat and ATP)
What makes up NAD+?
Two nucleotides which are nicotinamide monophosphate (NMP) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP) which are joined head-to-head by their phosphate groups.
How does NAD+ become NADH?
NAD+ acquires 2 electrons and a proton from the active site of an enzyme and is reduced to NADH.
What is substrate-level phosphorylation?
When ATP is formed by transferring a phosphate group directly to ADP from a phosphate-bearing intermediate or substrate.
What is oxidative phosphorylation?
When ATP is synthesized by the enzyme ATP synthase, using energy from a proton (H+) gradient.
How is the proton (H+) gradient formed?
High-energy electrons removed by oxidation of glucose passes down an electron transport chain.
What is the process of Glycolysis?
Converts glucose into 2 3-carbon molecules of pyruvate.
Where does glycolysis take place?
In the cytoplasm
How many net ATPs does glycolysis yield?
2 ATP
How many steps is the first half of glycolysis?
5 reactions
What happens in the first 3 steps of glycolysis?
It primes glucose by changing it into a compound that can be readily cleaved into 2 3-carbon phosphorylated molecules.
True of False: The first half of glycolysis needs 2 ATP in order to prime glucose.
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.
What is formed in the next 2 reactions of the first half of glycolysis?
2 3-carbon monophosphate sugars called glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P).
What is the 2nd to last step of glycolysis?
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).
What is the last step of glycolysis?
The phosphate incorporated is transferred to ADP by substrate-level phosphorylation in an exergonic reaction. 2 net ATP is formed
How much energy is produced with glycolysis?
14.6 kcal of energy per glucose
True or False: Cells contain a large amount of NAD+
False: a cell must oxidize NADH back to NAD+ in order for glycolysis to continue