Exam 2 Flashcards
NEED TO KNOW FOR CAC:
Reduces electron carriers
Starts with Acetyl CoA
Produces some ATP
CO2 produced
What is the goal of carbon fixation?
Long term stable covalent bonds in sugar
Chlorophyll is attached to _____ proteins in the thylakoid membrane
Photosystem
This part of a cell has it’s own DNA and ribosomes
Mitochondria
Reduction is loss or gain?
Gain
A specialized water channel is known as
an aquaporin
What part of the cytoskeleton is needed for muscle contraction?
Actin
True or false: a substrate must fit perfectly to active site to work
True
These are hallow cylinders, strong and brittle, interact with motor proteins to move organelles, miotic spindle, and are assembled in the CENROSOME
Microtubules
Diffusion and osmosis is known as
Passive Transport
True or False: Oxidation and Reduction happen at different times.
False
Thylakoids are suspended in a semi-fluid called:
Stroma
Chlorophyll absorbs solar energy and then passes that energy to
electrons
A plasma membrane is made of?
Phospholipids and PROTEINS
Without oxygen, what happens to ETC?
It stops
ATP, NADH, FADH2 are all made as energy is transferred from covalent bonds in
intermediates
True or false: Water can diffuse both ways across the membrane but a solute cannot
True
These make carbs from CO2 and H2O using solar energy
Chloroplasts
What is the product of fermentation?
Acetic acid
Materials that break enzymes (poisons)
Irreversible enzyme inhibition
Chemical energy in photosystem electrons transferred to:
NADPH and ATP
glucose (6 carbons) split into what?
2 Pyruvate 3-Carbon chains (G3P)
What speeds up rate of enzymatic reactions?
A solute concentration and warm temps
Normally there are ______ sodium ions inside than outside the cell
FEWER
The substrate and the inhibitor both bind at the active site
Competitive inhibition
_____ feed themselves from the sun
Autotrophs
the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy is
Mechanical energy
Energy is captured in what kind of reaction:
Exergonic reactions (gives off energy)
Reactants are called:
Substrates
This protein builds a hole for specific molecules; involved in passive transport (moving from high to low concentration), has a hole right down the center
Channel protein
Proteins act as catalysts in:
Enzymes
When a phosphate breaks off from ATP what kind of reaction happens?
Hydrolysis/denegration reaction
This type of transport requires ATP, uses a protein pump, and has a HIGHER concentration of molecules inside, yet still bring more inside
Active Transport
Enzymes operation: enzymes lower the energy of activation; brings substrates closer together. Molecules do not react unless activated (energy added to begin reaction)
Energy of Activation
Controlling cellular contents (homeostasis), Chemical reactions (cell signaling), and interaction with other cells and environment are what? ___ ___ ___
Membrane protein Functions
What is similar to a lysosome and enclosed in digestive enzymes?
Peroxisome
There are more solutes outside the cell than inside in this solution
Hypertonic solutions
MHC is short for:
Major histocompatibility complex glycoproteins
Is osmosis facilitated diffusion or simple diffusion?
Facilitated diffusion; water channels allow it to happen
True or False: A solute does not spread throughout a liquid
False; it DOES spread throughout a liquid
Whats the differences between passive and active transport?
Whether the process requires energy
Acetyl CoA enters mitochondrial matrix in?
Citric Acid Cycle
ATP drives what kind of reactions?
Endergonic reactions
A solution contains:
A solute and a solvent
Photosynthesis happens in a __ step process
2 step process
What can move across the plasma membrane freely is known as
passive transport
A hypertonic solution has:
MORE solutes than the cell
NADPH is made by the:
ETC
Cells need these to perceive an opioid
Membrane receptors
This type of transport needs ATP to work
Active transport
The inner membrane is folded to form this:
Cristae
Electrons pass from one molecule to another in this kind of reaction (one molecule accepts the electron given up by the other)
Oxidation-Reduction reaction
What cant cross the plasma membrane?
Hydrophilic (ions and water), large molecules [proteins and sugars],
Using a carrier protein to move molecules across the membrane is known as what?
Facilitated diffusion
What does the matrix fluid contain?
respiratory enzymes that breakdown carbs
These are membranous sacs larger than vesicles and store materials that occur in excess
Vacuoles
CO2 to C6 H12 O6= oxidation or reduction?
Reduction
Carbon dioxide is used in
Carbon Fixation
What molecules will move across membrane without a membrane protein to help it?
Gases like CO2 and O2
Is oxygen required during ETC and Chemiosmosis
Yes
Lost energy is:
Molecular motion
Energy cannot be created or destroyed but can change from one form to another is known as:
The first law of Thermodynamics
A solute will diffuse through a
plasma membrane
This is for items too big for protein transporters
Bulk transport
Breaking down long term high energy storage molecules to make usable ATP is what?
Cellular respiration
Chlorophyll absorbs red and ____ light
Blue
Water moves, not the solute in _____
Osmosis
This is a membrane bound vesicle (not in plants) produced by the Golgi body, contains powerful enzymes, its highly acidic.
Lysosomes
Cholera is an example of this protein malfunctioning
Enzymatic protein
Channels are involved in:
DIFFUSION
ATP and NADPH fuel _____ _____
Carbon Fixation
True or False: Plant cells have a central vacuole
True
Every time energy is transformed and transferred it loses:
a little bit of heat
What is the fluid inside a mitochondria called?
Matrix
Energy of motion
Kinetic energy
How many steps is carbon fixation?
3
Where does glycolysis (splitting glucose) happen?
In the cytoplasm
True or False: Peroxisomes are present in plant AND animal cells
True
This protein will destroy tissues because they don’t recognize it
Cell recognition proteins
NAPDH is REDUCED form of what?
NADP+
Solute is lower in solution than inside the cell is known as what kind of solution?
Hypotonic solution
Factors that affect enzyme activity:
Substrate concentration; temperature; pH
Secretion = vesicles fuse with plasma membrane
Exocytosis
In reversible enzyme inhibition, an inhibitor binds ___ and decreases the activity
Enzyme
When FAD is reduced it creates what?
FADH2
Cells surround external substances into a pouch (vesicle)
Endocytosis
Where does pyruvate oxidation/Prep Reaction happen
While moving from cytoplasm into mitochondria
What temps can destroy and denature enzymes?
Hot temps
What is the purpose of plasma membrane carbs?
Cell communication, lubrication(sugar makes a jelly and helps it move around), and protection
Cystic fibrosis is caused by a faulty chloride ____; and thick mucus collects in lungs, liver, and pancreas
Channel
These reactions RELEASE energy (products have less energy than reactants)
-Respiration (breakdown sugar to release energy)
Exergonic Reactions
ATP is non-polar or polar?
Polar (hydrophilic in cytoplasm)
Concentration of sodium is _____ outside the cell during active transport
Lower
Pepsin in functional in acidic or basic pH
acidic
Cell communication within or between cells is known as
Cell signaling
Respiration without oxygen is called:
Fermentation
Redox in Aerobic Respiration happens in what part of the cell?
Mitochondria
molecules required to activate enzyme
Enzyme Cofactors
In ETC, protons are pumped where?
Into the intermembrane space
A cell in a hypotonic solution will: Swell and gain water or shrink and lose water
Swell and gain water
The function of ______ is storage, turgor pressure
Vacuoles
Ina cell, exocytosis is used to:
Move out large items
Activity increases with substrate concentration
Substrate concentration
What is made using a high proton concentration during Chemiosmosis?
ATP
A cell in a hypotonic solution will
Swell and burst
How many ATPs does Glycolysis, CAC, and ETC make during RESPIRATION?
2-glycolysis 2-CAC 32-34 from ETC -------------------------- 36-38 ATPs
In a hypotonic solution, do plant vacuoles fill with water or lose water?
Fill with water