Chapter 8: Introduction to Metabolism Flashcards

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Metabolism

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Totality if an organism’s chemical reactions

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Metabolic pathway

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A specific molecule is altered in a series of steps to produce a product

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Catabolic pathways

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Energy is released, complex molecules are broken down. Ex. Cellular respiration

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Anabolic pathways

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Energy is consumed, simple molecules are built up to create more complex ones. Ex. Using amino acids to make proteins

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5
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Energy

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The capacity to cause change or to do work

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6
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Bioenergetics

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The study of how energy flows through living organisms

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First law of thermodynamics

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transferred and transformed

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8
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Second law of thermodynamics

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Every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe

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Spontaneous process

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Occurs without energy input, increases entropy

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Nonspontaneous process

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Requires energy input, decreases entropy

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11
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Free energy

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The portion of a system’s energy that can do work

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12
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Exergonic reaction

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Energy is released, free energy is negative

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13
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Endergonic reaction

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Energy is absorbed, free energy is positive

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14
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Chemical work

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Pushing endergonic reactions polymerization

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15
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Transport work

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Pumping substances across membranes against the direction of spontaneous movement

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16
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Mechanical work

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Beating cilia, muscle contraction, etc

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Energy coupling

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The use of an exergonic process to drive and endergonic one

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Phosphorylated intermediate

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More reactive (less stable, more free energy) than the original molecule

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Catalyst

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Chemical agent that speeds up a reaction without being consumed by the reaction

20
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Enzyme

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A macromolecules (typically a protein) that acts as a catalyst to speed up a specific reaction

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Activation energy

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Initial energy needed to break the bonds of the reactants

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Substrate

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Reactant that an enzyme acts on

23
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Enzyme-substrate complex

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Formed when the enzyme binds to its substrate

24
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Lock and key metaphor

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Only the right key (substrate) will fit in the lock (enzyme)

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Induced fit

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Enzyme tightens binding after initial contact with substrate

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Influences of enzyme activity

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Concentration of substrate, temperature, pH, chemicals/inhibitors

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Competitive inhibitor

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Closely resembles the substrate, can bind to the enzymes active site

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Noncompetitive inhibitor

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Binds to another part of an enzyme, causing the enzyme to change shape, making active site less effective

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Cofactors

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No protein helpers that bind to the enzyme with the substrate

30
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Coenzymes

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Organic cofactors

31
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Allosteric regulation

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A protein’s function at one site is affected by binding of a regulatory molecule to a separate site

32
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Feedback inhibition

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The end product of a metabolic pathway shuts down the pathway