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Introduction to Metabolism Flashcards

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1
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What is energy?

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the capacity to cause change

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What is Metabolism?

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ALL of the chemical reactions of an organism

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Describe the First Law of Thermodynamics

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Energy Can be transferred and transformed and Cannot be created or destroyed

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4
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What is Kinetic energy?

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The energy of motion.Heat/Thermal Energy

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What is Potential energy?

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Chemical Energy.Location or Structure

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Describe the Second Law of Thermodynamics.

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Some energy becomes unavailable
– Extremely inefficient
» Most energy lost as heat
– Increases Entropy
» Measure of disorder

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7
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What is entropy?

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the measure of a system’s thermal energy per unit temperature that is unavailable for doing useful work

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What is chemical energy?

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The energy released from a substance, or absorbed in the formation of a chemical compound, during a chemical reaction. polymers from monomers

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What is an endergonic reaction?

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Positive ΔG.The energy required is required and is Non-spontaneous

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What is an exergonic reaction?

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Negative ΔG.Energy is released and is Spontaneous

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11
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ΔG

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Free Energy
Gfinal – Ginitial

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12
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________ is the energy currency of the cell

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ATP

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13
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ATP —> ADP + P + ________

A

h20

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14
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ADP + P + ________ —> ATP

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h2o

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15
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What are enzymes?

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Protein macromolecules that act as catalysts

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16
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How can enzymatic reactions be sped up?

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More substrate = faster enzymatic rate

17
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How do enzymes speed up reactions?

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– Protein macromolecules
that act as catalysts
* Speed up naturally
occurring reactions

18
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sucrose + sucrase  glucose + fructose
Which of the above is the enzyme?

A

Sucrase -> enzyme

19
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sucrose + sucrase  glucose + fructose
Which of the above is the substrate?

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Sucrose -> substrate

20
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What is the active site of an enzyme, what binds there?

A

the region that binds the substrates(and cofactor if any)

21
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In what two ways can enzyme inhibitors prevent metabolic reactions?

A

Competitive Inhibition and Noncompetitive Inhibition

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