Chapter 9: Cellular Respiration Flashcards
What are the two types of muscle fiber?
Slow Twitch & Fast Twitch
Slow Twitch
Sustain repeated contractions
For endurance
Not meant for power
Great for long distance running
Fast Twitch
Contract quicker than slow fiber
Fatigue easily
Meant for power
Great for short distance running
What are the key pathways of cellular respiration?
Glycolysis, Kerb/Citric Acid Cycle, oxidative phosphorylation,
Fermentation
A catabolic process that partial degrades sugar (carbs) w/out oxygen
Aerobic Respiration
Oxygen is consumed as along w/ the organic fuel
Oxygen is needed to gain energy from food molecules
Anaerobic Respiration
Oxygen is not used as a reactant in the reaction
Inorganic
Cellular respiration
A chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy from glucose
C6H12O6 +6O2–> 6CO2 + 6H2O+ Energy (ATP + Heat)
Redox Reaction
A transfer of one or more electron from one reactant to another
Oxidation
The loss of electrons from one substance
Reduction
The addition of electrons to another substance
Reducing Agent
The electron donor
Oxidizing Agent
The electron acceptor
In cellular respiration, what is getting oxidized?
Glucose
In cellular respiration what is being reduced?
Oxygen
Where does the hydrogens from glucose go to?
Oxygen
Why does cellular respiration doesn’t oxidize all of glucose at once?
Because the cell wouldn’t be able to harness all the energy that is released all at once efficiently.
After electrons are stripped from glucose, where are the electrons 1st transferred to?
NAD+
What is NAD+
A coenzyme that is an electron carrier acts as an oxidizing agent during respiration
How does NAD+ trap electrons from glucose
Dehydrogenase enzyme remove a pair of enzymes from substrate thereby oxidizing it. The enzyme delivers the 2 electrons and 1 proton to the coenzyme NAD+
What does NAD+ become?
NADH
Why is NADH neutral?
1 proton 2 electron
What do NADH represent
Stored energy
How can NADH be tapped to make ATP?
When the electrons complete their fall down the energy gradient from the NADH to oxygen
How do electrons extracted from glucose and then stored as potential energy in NADH finally reach oxygen?
There is a release of energy (exergonic reaction)as the electrons from the hydrogens fall towards the electronegative oxygen “bottom” lower energy end of electron chain
Electron Transport Chain
Breaks the fall of the electron to the oxygen into several energy releasing steps occurs in the mitochondria membrane
Electrons drop in free energy as they go down the chain and are passed to O2
Electrons are passed through a number of proteins including cytochromes(each w/ iron atom) to O2
Generates no ATP
Purpose is to maintain manageable amounts of energy release
Crista
A fold in the inner mitochondria membrane
Where do the NADH & FADH2 shuttle the electrons to
The “top” higher energy end of the electron transport chain