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Metabolism

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Collection of controlled biochemical reactions that take place within cells.

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Metabolic pathway

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The coordinated series of chemical reactions on which the product from one reaction becomes the substrate for another reaction.

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ATP

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Adenosine triphosphate. Energy carrying molecule found in all cells.

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Catabolism

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Breaking larger molecules into smaller products (exergonic)

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Anabolism

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Builds large molecules from the smaller products of catabolism. Endergonic (requires more energy than released)

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Exergonic

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Releases energy. Catabolism. -free energy. Reactants are greater than products.

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Endergonic

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Require more energy than they release. Anabolism. +free energy. Products are greater than reactants.

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Oxidation

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Oxidation
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Loss of electrons

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Reduction reactions (redox)

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Redox
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Gain of electrons

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Electron donor

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Release electrons during cellular respiration, release energy.

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Electron acceptor

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Accepts electrons transported by another compound. Oxygen is the final electron receptor in the electron transport chain.

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Oxidation redox reactions

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Oxidation is loss of electrons, gain of oxygen or loss of hydrogen. Reduction is gain of electrons, loss of oxygen or gain or hydrogen.

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NAD +

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. (NAD+➡️NADH). Coenzyme, electron/hydrogen acceptor.

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FAD

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Flavin adenine dinucleotide. (FAD➡️FADH2). Electron/hydrogen acceptor.

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NADH

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nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) + hydrogen (H). NAD+➡️NADH. Electron carrier.

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FADH2

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Flavin adenine dinucleotide. FAD➡️FADH2. Electron carrier.

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Phosphorylation

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Inorganic phosphate is added to substrate

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Substrate-level phosphorylation

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Pi comes from other compound.

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Oxidative phosphorylation

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Redox reaction, e.g. cellular respiration.

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Cellular respiration

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The process of converting glucose into a form of energy (ATP) that is useable by cells.

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Fermentation

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Anaerobic respiration. Extraction of energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen.

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Reactant

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a substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction.

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Product

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a substance that is formed as the result of a chemical reaction.

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Glycolysis

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Splitting of six carbon glucose into three-carbon sugar molecules. Occurs in cytoplasm.

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Pyruvic acid

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produced by breaking down carbohydrates and sugars (glycolysis). If oxygen is available, pyruvic acid is converted to acetyl coenzyme A that enters the Krebs cycle.

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Synthesis of acetyl-coA

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Pyruvate—three carbons—is converted to acetyl CoA, a two-carbon molecule attached to coenzyme A. Occurs in mitochondria.

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Citric acid cycle

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Transfers energy from acetyl-CoA (oxidized) to coenzymes NAD+ and FAD (reduced). Occurs in mitochondria.

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Electron transport train

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Chain of several electron transport molecules; electrons are passed along chain; released energy is used to form a proton gradient; ATP is synthesized as protons diffuse down gradient, oxygen is final electron acceptor. (Occurs in mitochondria).

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Carrier molecules

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Pass electrons from one to another to final electron acceptor

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Final electron acceptor

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Oxygen is the final electron acceptor in an electron transport chain

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Proton gradient

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Energy from electrons used to pump protons (H+) across the membrane

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Electronegativity

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a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom or a functional group to attract electrons toward itself.

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ATP synthase

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mitochondrial enzyme localized in the inner membrane, where it catalyzes the synthesis of ATP from ADP and phosphate.

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Chemiosmosis

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The movement of ions across a selectively permeable membrane, down their electrochemical gradient

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Aerobic respiration

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Oxygen serves as the final electron acceptor

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Anaerobic respiration

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Molecule other than oxygen serves as final electron acceptor

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Fermentation

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the extraction of energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen

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Alcohol fermentation

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process which converts sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose into cellular energy, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide as by-products.

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Lactic acid fermentation

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the type of anaerobic respiration carried out by yogurt bacteria (Lactobacillus and others) and by your own muscle cells when you work them hard and fast.

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Metabolite

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A substance made or used when the body breaks down food, drugs or chemicals, or its own tissue

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