Exam 2 Flashcards
three types of work fueled by
phosphate transfer
mechanical
transport
chemical
purpose of cellular respiration
process by which we extract energy from glucose
equation for cellular respiration
C6H12O6 + 6O2 ⇒ 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP
Glycolysis basics
cellular respiration
cytoplasm (cytosol)
sugar to pyruvic acid
Glycolysis process
- investment phase: uses 2 ATP to break carbon backbone (now two 3C compounds)
- payoff phase: uses ATP and NADH to convert to pyruvic acid
Glycolysis output
2 pyruvic acids
2 NADHs
net 2 ATPs
steps to cellular respiration
glycolysis
intermediate phase
Krebs cycle
electron transfer chain
intermediate stage of cellular respiration basics
pyruvic acid becomes acetyl CoA as it moves through mitochondrion to inner compartment in prep for Krebs cycle
intermediate stage of cellular respiration process
each acid gives off one C for CO2, resulting in two CoA molecules
intermediate stage of cellular respiration output
2 CoA
2 NADHs
Krebs cycle basics
cellular respiration
inner mitochondrion
completes the breakdown of glucose into CO2
Krebs cycle process
(times 2)
starts with CoA (2C) molecule
added to 4C from cycle to equal 6C
2 are sloughed off to form CO2
ATP generated
remaining 4 used to start next cycle (0 original left)
NADH and FADH2 obtained through reduction
Krebs cycle output
net for each cycle: 3 NADHs, 1 ATP, 1 FADH2
electron transport chain basics (CR)
inner compartment mitochondria “matrix”
converts 10 NADHs and 2 FADH2 into bulk of ATPs needed
electron transport chain process (CR)
- electrons transported out of NADH to become NAD+
- electrons go through series of pumps, progressively reducing in energy level
- output from each pump through the inner mitochondrial membrane is H+ (proton)
- O2 pulls electrons down the chain and is the terminal electron acceptor (end of the transfer chain byproduct is H20)
- ATP synthase is where bulk of ATP is produced by spinning to convert pump output (H+) into energy
purpose of photosynthesis
using sunlight to synthesize energy (making glucose)
equation for photosynthesis
6CO2 + 6H2O ⇒ (light energy) ⇒ C6H12O6 + 6O2
light reactions basics
photosynthesis
thylakoid
converts H2O to O2
light reactions basics
photosynthesis
thylakoid
converts H2O to O2
light reactions process
photosystem 2 (uses stripped H from H20)
electron transfer chain
photosystem 1
light reactions output
nets ATP and NADPH for use in Calvin cycle
Calvin cycle process
- starts with 1 block 3CO2 molecules from air, plus ATP and NADPH from light reactions
- added to 3 blocks of 5C (recycled)
- ATP and NADPH converted
- 1 block 3C leaves to create G3P, precursor of glucose (3 blocks of 5C left to recycle)
- complete cycle twice to make 1 glucose
Calvin cycle process
- starts with 1 block 3CO2 molecules from air, plus ATP and NADPH from light reactions
- added to 3 blocks of 5C (recycled)
- ATP and NADPH converted
- 1 block 3C leaves to create G3P, precursor of glucose (3 blocks of 5C left to recycle)
- complete cycle twice to make 1 glucose
what holds DNA base pairs together?
hydrogen (A – T = 2; C – G = 3)
what is enzyme that opens helix for replication?
helicase
what is DNA’s main purpose?
encode proteins
DNA replication process
- double helix is opened/broken apart
- DNA polymerases read DNA and adds complementary nucleotides to both
- each of resulting two double helices contains one original (parent) strand and one new (daughter) strand
Hershey – Chase experiment
- proves that DNA, not protein, is passed on to children
- chose to work with phosphorous and sulfur
- phosphate in DNA, not protein
- sulfur in protein, not DNA
genotype
an organism’s genetic makeup
phenotype
an organism’s physical traits
start codon
AUG
steps to converting DNA to proteins
transcription
RNA splicing (intermediate)
translation
transcription basics
converts DNA to RNA in nucleus
transcription process
DNA opened with helicase
RNA polymerase reads DNA and lays down complementary RNA base
RNA splicing basics
RNA to mRNA (intermediate step in nucleus)
RNA splicing process
exons spliced together to form mRNA, introns released
exon
expressed sections of DNA bases, spliced together coding sequences that form mRNA
intron
sections of DNA that aren’t expressed but instead edited or released