Energy/Cell Respiration Flashcards
1
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Free energy
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amount of energy available to do work
2
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Chemical Potential Energy
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Function of electron configuration and position
3
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Electron potential energy based on
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- Position relative to +/- charges
- Closer to neg. = higher PE
4
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exergonic
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spontaneous, releases energy
5
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endergonic
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not spontaneous, absorbs energy
6
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Energetic coupling
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- allow chem energy released from one reaction to drive another
- Transfer of high energy electrons or a phosphate group
7
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Phosphorylation
A
addition of phosphate group to a substrate
8
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Cellular respiration
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exergonic process that transfers energy from bonds in glucose to form ATP
9
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Cellular respiration 3 steps
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- Glycolysis
- Pyruvate oxidation and citric acid cycle
- electron transport and chemiosmosis(oxidative phosphorylation)
10
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Glycolosis
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- Occurs in the cytosol
- Begins cellular respiration
- breaks down glucose into two molecules of three-carbon compound pyruvate
- Ancient: occurs in cytoplasm and doesn’t need co2
11
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Glycolysis simplified
A
12
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ATP formed in glycolosis by
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substrate level phosphorylation
13
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substrate-level phosphorylation
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enzyme transfrers a phosohate group from substrate to ADP and forms ATP
14
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Pyruvate Oxidation and the citric acid cycle
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- Takes place in the mitochondria
- Oxidizes pyruvate (3C) to a two-carbon compound
- supplies third stage with e-
15
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Pyruvate oxidation
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- Carboxyl group removed as CO2
- C compound oxidized and NAD+ reduced to NADH
- Coenzyme A binds with 2 C molecule