Chapter 8 - Metabolism Flashcards

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Pathway that begins with a certain molecule which is then altered in a series of defined steps, resulting in a certain product; each step is catalyzed by a specific enzyme

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Metabolic pathway

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Totality of an organism’s chemical reactions

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Metabolism

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Degradative processes; breakdown pathways

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Catabolic pathways

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Consume energy to build complicated molecules from smaller ones; bio synthetic pathways

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Anabolic pathways

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Study of how energy flows through living organisms

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Bioenergetics

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Capacity to cause change

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Energy

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Energy of motion

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Kinetic energy

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Energy based on an object’s structure or location

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Potential energy

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Energy associated with the random movement of atoms or molecules

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Thermal energy

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Thermal energy in transfer from one object to another

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Heat

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Potential energy available for a chemical reaction

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Chemical energy

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Study of energy transformations that occur in a collection of matter

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Thermodynamics

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The energy of the universe is constant: “Energy can be transformed or transferred but not created or destroyed.”

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First law of thermodynamics

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Quantity used to measure disorder, randomness

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Entropy

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“Every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe.”

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Second law of thermodynamics

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A process that by itself leads to an increase in entropy that can proceed without requiring the input of energy

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Spontaneous process

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Portion of the system’s energy that can perform work when temperature and pressure are uniform throughout a system

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Free energy

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Energy outward; proceeds with a net release of free energy

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Exergonic reaction

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Energy inward; absorbs free energy from its surroundings

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Endergonic reaction

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Use of an exergonic reaction to drive an endergonic one

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Energy coupling

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Ribose with adenine and a chain of 3 phosphate groups bonded to it; plays a role in energy coupling and the making of RNA

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A molecule with a phosphate group covalently bonded to it making it more reactive than an unphosphorylated molecule

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Phosphorylated intermediate

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A macromolecule (protein) that acts as a catalyst

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

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Initial investment of energy for starting a reaction; the energy required to contort the reactant molecules so the bonds can break
Activation energy
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The reactant an enzyme acts on
Substrate
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The enzyme bound to a substrate that while they are joined, the catalytic action of the enzyme converts the substance to the product of the reaction
Enzyme-substrate complex
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Restricted region of the enzyme molecule that actually binds to the substrate; typically a pocket or groove on the surface of the enzyme where catalysis occurs
Active site
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Caused by the entry of the substrate, the change in shape of the active site of an enzyme so that it binds more snugly to the substrate
Induced fit
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Nonproteins that help enzymes with catalytic activity; they may be bound tightly to the enzyme as permanent residents or loosely and reversibly along with the substrate
Cofactors
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Organic molecule cofactor
Coenzyme
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Reversible inhibitors that resemble the normal substrate molecule and compete for admission to the active site
Competitive inhibitors
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Do not directly compete with the substrate to bind to the enzyme at the active site
Noncompetitive inhibitors
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Any case in which a protein's function at one site is affected by the binding of a regulatory molecule to a separate site; may result in either inhibition or stimulation of an enzyme's activity
Allosteric regulation
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A kind of allosteric activation where a substrate molecule binding to one active site in a multisubunit enzyme triggers a shape change in all the subunits, thereby increasing catalytic activity at the other active sites
Cooperativity
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Common mode of metabolic control in which a metabolic pathway is halted by the inhibitory binding of its end product to an enzyme that acts early in the pathway
Feedback inhibition