Chr. 25 - Metabolism and Nutrition Flashcards
[25.1] What is metabolism?
The sum of all the chemical reactions occurring in the body.
[25.1] What are the two types of metabolism?
Catabolism and anabolism.
[25.1] What is catabolism?
Chemical reactions breaking down complex organic molecules into simpler molecules. Typically exergonic.
[25.1] What is anabolism?
Chemical reactions building more complex molecules using simpler ones. Typically energonic.
[25.1] What is adenosine triphosphate?
A molecule storing energy and most often involved in energy exchanges within living cells.
[25.1] Describe the composition of adenosine triphosphate.
An adenine molecule with a ribose sugar and three phosphate groups bonded to it.
[25.1] How is adenosine triphosphate commonly used in the body?
It is formed to store energy through linkage of the third phosphate group. It is broken down to access energy.
[25.1] What percentage of energy released in catabolism is used for cellular function?
40%. The rest is converted to heat.
[25.2] What are oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions?
Coupled reactions of oxidation and reduction; one substance must be reduced when another is oxidized.
[25.2] What are oxidation reactions?
The removal of electrons from an atom or molecule, decreasing the potential energy. Typically exergonic.
[25.2] What are dehydrogenation reactions?
An oxidation reaction resulting in the loss of a hydrogen atom.
[25.2] What are reduction reactions?
The addition of electrons to a molecule, increasing the potential energy of the molecule.
[25.2] What is phosphorylation?
The addition of a phosphate group to a molecule.
[25.2] List the mechanisms of ATP generation.
- Substrate-level phosphorylation
- Oxidative phosphorylation
- Photophosphorylation
[25.2] Describe substrate-level phosphorylation.
A process generating ATP by transferring a high-energy phosphate group from a substrate directly to ATP. Occurs in cytosol.
[25.2] Describe oxidative phosphorylation.
A process generating ATP by removing electrons from organic compounds and passing it through the electron transport chain onto oxygen. Occurs in mitochondrial membrane.
[25.2] Describe photophosphorylation.
A process generating ATP only occurring in chlorophyll containing plant cells.
[25.3] List the uses of glucose by body cells.
- ATP production
- Amino acid synthesis
- Glycogen synthesis
- Triglyceride synthesis
[25.3] What is glycogenesis?
The process of converting glucose monomers into glycogen, a polysaccharide.
[25.3] What is lipogenesis?
The synthesis of triglycerides.
[25.3] Describe glucose movement into cells.
Glucose moves into cells using GluT transport molecules. Insulin increases ability of GluT4 into the membranes of cells, increasing facilitated diffusion of glucose into cells.
[25.3] What is cellular respiration?
The process of oxidating glucose to produce ATP.
[25.3] List the steps of cellular respiration.
- Glycolysis
- Formation of acetyl coenzyme A
- Krebs Cycle
- Electron transport chain
[25.3] What is an anaerobic reaction?
A reaction that does not require oxygen in order to occur.
[25.3] What is an aerobic reaction?
A reaction that requires oxygen to occur.
[25.3] Describe glycolysis and state whether it is aerobic or anaerobic.
A chemical reaction that splits a 6-carbon molecule of glucose into two 3-carbon molecules of pyruvic acid. Can be either aerobic or anaerobic.
[25.3] What occurs to pyruvic acid during anaerobic glycolysis?
Pyruvic acid is reduced with two hydrogen atoms to form lactic acid. This produced two NAD+ and allows anaerobic glycolysis to repeat.
[25.3] What occurs to pyruvic acid during aerobic glycolysis?
Pyruvic acid is converted to acetyl coenzyme A, linking glycolysis to the Krebs cycle.
[25.3] How is pyruvic acid converted to acetyl coenzyme A?
Coenzyme A removes a carbon from pyruvic acid, generating an acetyl group. The acetyl group then binds to the enzyme, forming acetyl coenzyme A.
[25.3] What is decarboxylation?
When a substance removed one carbon and two oxygens from a substance, forming carbon dioxide.
[25.3] What is another name for the Krebs cycle?
The citric acid cycle.
[25.3] What is the Krebs cycle?
A process occurring in the matrix of mitochondria involving the oxidation of pyruvic acid and reducing of coenzymes involved in the process.
[25.3] List the coenzymes involved in the Krebs cycle and their reduced form.
- (NAD)+, NADH + (H)+
- FAD, FAD(H2)
[25.3] What is the electron transport chain?
A series of electron carriers within the inner mitochondrial membrane where each carrier is reduced and then oxidized, resulting in a series of exergonic reactions used to generate ATP.
[25.3] What is chemiosmosis?
The series of reactions within the electron transport chain, named for the characteristic of pumping hydrogen ions during generation of ATP.
[25.3] List the types of molecules involved in the electron transport chain.
- Flavin mononucleotide
- Cytochromes
- Iron-sulfur centers
- Copper atoms
- Coenzyme Q
[25.3] What is flavin mononucleotide?
A flavoprotein derived from riboflavin.
[25.3] What are cytochromes?
Proteins with a heme group that feature an oxidize and reduced form.
[25.3] List the cytochromes involved in the electron transport chain.
- Cyt b
- Cyt c1
- Cyt c
- Cyt a
- Cyt a3
[25.3] What are iron-sulfur centers?
Proteins containing two or four irons bound to sulfur forming an electron transfer center.
[25.3] What is coenzyme Q?
A non-protein, low molecular weight carrier mobile in the lipid bilayer.
[25.3] How many ATP molecules are produced from glucose in oxidative phosphorylation?
23 - 25, depending if malate shuttles or glycerol phosphate shuttles are utilized.
[25.3] What are malate shuttles?
Transfer shuttles transporting electrons across the mitochondrian membrane in place of NADH+(H)+. Found in liver, kidney, and heart cells, produce 2.5 ATP.
[25.3] What are glycerol phosphate shuttles?
Transfer shuttles transporting electrons across the mitochondria membrane in place of NADH+(H)+. Found in skeletal muscle fibers and neurons, produce 1.5 ATP.
[25.3] How much ATP is produced by substrate-level phosphorylation?
4; two from glycolysis and two from Krebs cycle.
[25.3] What are the roles of glucose in anabolism?
Synthesis of glycogen and synthesis of glucose from protein and lipid breakdown.
[25.3] What is glycogenesis?
Formation of glycogen from many molecules of glucose when glucose is not being used.
[25.3] What is glycogenolysis?
The breakdown of glycogen into glucose.
[25.3] Describe the process of glycogenolysis in the liver.
Glucose is split from glycogen via phosphorylation, resulting in glucose-1-phosphate. It is then converted to glucose-6-phosphate, and then glucose. Glucose then leaves hepatocytes into the blood stream.
[25.3] Describe the process of glycogenolysis in skeletal muscle.
Glucose is split from glycogen via phosphorylation resulting in glucose-1-phosphate. It then enters glycolysis and the Krebs cycle.
[25.3] What is gluconeogensis?
The formation of glucose by the liver cells using glycerol from triglycerides, lactic acid, and amino acids.
[25.3] What stimulates gluconeogenesis?
Cortisol, glucagon, T3, and T4.
[25.4] What are lipoproteins?
Molecules formed by lipids and proteins. Outer hydrophilic sphere of proteins, phospholipids, and cholesterol and inner hydrophobic sphere of triglycerides.