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(LE2) Carbohydrate Catabolism Flashcards

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Describe carbohydrate catabolism

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Glucose is oxidized into 6CO2
- e- are transferred from glucose to electron carriers (NAD+ or FADH). Taken to electron transport chain

Oxygen is reduced into H2O

Energy is released

NADH/FADH2 is oxidized back into its original form NAD+/FADH

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What are the three types of carbohydrate catabolism?

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  1. Aerobic respiration
  2. Anaerobic respiration
  3. Fermentation
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Describe aerobic respiration

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  • Utilizes ETC
  • Fastest
  • the final e- acceptor is an inorganic molecule (O2)
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Describe anaerobic respiration

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  • Utilizes ETC
  • final e- acceptor is a different inorganic molecule (NO3-, SO4^2-, CO3^2-)
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Describe fermentation

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  • slowest
  • final e- acceptor is an organic molecule (e.g. pyruvate) (incomplete glucose oxidation)
  • no O2 is used
  • glycolysis only
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What is the ATP yield during aerobic respiration for prokaryotes? Where does it occur?

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  • 38 ATP/glucose
  • occurs in cytoplasm and across the plasma membrane
    phospholipid bilayer needed for ETC
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What is the ATP yield for aerobic respiration for eukaryotes? Where does it occur?

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  • 36 ATP/glucose
  • occurs in cytoplasm and mitochondria
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What are the steps of aerobic respiration?

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  1. Glycolysis
  2. Kreb’s (citric) cycle
  3. Electron transport chain
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What is the main purpose of Glycolysis and the Kreb’s cycle?

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to make electron carriers to power the ETC

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What organisms can perform glycolysis?

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All organisms (aerobic and anaerobic)
Does not need O2 to occur
Occurs in respiration and fermentation

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What is your net yield in glycolysis?

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2 ATP
2 NADH
2 Pyruvate (3C)

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What 10 steps are occurring in glycolysis? What are there yields?

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Preparatory steps: Glucose (6C) -> 2 (3C) molecules
- requires 2 ATP
Energy yielding steps: 2 (3C) molecules -> 2 Pyruvate
- generates 2 NADH
- generates 4 ATP

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What is happening in this image?

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Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate is oxidized and phosphorylated into1,3-Diphosphoglyceric acid

NAD is reduced into NADH

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What is happening in this image?

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1,3-Diphosphoglyceric acid is dephosphorylated into 3-phosphoglyceric acid
ADP is phosphorylated into ATP
ATP via SLP

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What is happening in this image?

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Phosphoenolpyruvic acid is dephosphorylated into Pyruvic acid
ADP is phosphorylated into ATP
ATP via SLP

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Do fermenters perform the Kreb’s cycle?

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No

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Where does Kreb’s cycle occur for prokaryotes? Eukaryotes?

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P: cytoplasm
E: mitochondrial matrix

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What main steps occur during the second step of aerobic respiration?

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  1. Pyruvate -> Acetyl CoA
  2. Kreb’s cycle
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What is the formula for pyruvate to Acetyl CoA?

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Pyuravte + NAD + CoA -> Acetyl CoA + CO2 + NADH

  • Pyruvate is oxidized & decarboxylated to Acetyl-CoA
  • NAD reduced to NADH
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What is the yield per glucose in Pyruvate oxidation to Acetyl CoA?

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2 CO2
2 Acetyl CoA
2NADH

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What is happening in step one and two of the image?

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  1. Pyruvate is decarboxylated
  2. Pyruvate is oxidized. NAD+ reduced to NADH
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What step does complete oxidation of glucose occur?

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Kreb’s cycle

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Where is pyruvate oxidized into Acetyl CoA in eukaryotes?

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What is the net yield for each Acetyl CoA in the Kreb’s cycle?

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2 CO2
3 NADH
1 FADH2
1 ATP

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What is the net yield per glucose in the Kreb's cycle?
4 CO2 6 NADH 2 FADH2 2 ATP
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Explain what is happening in step 3
Isocitric acid is oxidized and decarboxylated into alpha-Ketoglutaric acid NAD+ is reduced to NADH
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Explain what is happening in step 5
ADP is phosphorylated into ATP ATP via substrate-level phosphorylation
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What step of aerobic respiration is occurring in this picture? What is the purpose?
Electron transport chain - create ATP via oxidative phosphorylation (series of redox)
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Where does ETC happen for prokaryotes? Eukaryotes?
P: periplasmic space and intracellular membrane E: across the inner mitochondrial membrane (intramembranous space)
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What do e- carriers do in the ETC?
pass e- to membrane complexes - pumps H+ across membrane - creates H+ gradient final e- carrier is O2 (O2-> H2O)
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What is the net yield of ATP for e- carriers in the ETC?
3 ATP/NADH 2 ATP/FADH2
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What is chemiosmosis?
the use of energy in a H+ gradient to drive cellular work
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What structure is shown here? How does it operate?
ATP synthase - uses energy released by H+ movement to phosphorylate ADP
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How many total electron carriers are made during aerobic respiration? What are their net yields? What is the total yield per glucose in prokaryotes? Eukaryotes?
10 NADH (3 ATP/NADH) = 30 ATP 2 FADH2 (2 ATP/FADH2) = 4 ATP P: 38 ATP/Glucose E: 36 ATP/Glucose
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Why do eukaryotes only generate 36 ATP compared to prokaryotes?
2 ATP are needed to transport the 2 NADH generated from glycolysis into the mitochondria (ETC)
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Calorie content of each macronutrient?
Carb: 4 kcal Fat: 9 kcal Protein: 4 kcal
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How are proteins converted into ATP?
Broken down to amino acids Amino acid catabolism lets it enter Kreb's cycle and ETC - Most skip glycolysis
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How are fats converted into ATP?
- Glycerol goes to glycolysis - Fatty acids undergo Beta-oxidation, then Kreb's cycle and ETC
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What is fermentation's net ATP yield?
2 ATP/Glucose
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What type of fermentation is this? Explain the steps after typical glycolysis. What is the final e- carrier?
Alcohol fermentation - pyruvate is decarboxylated into acetaldehyde - acetaldehyde is reduced into ethanol - NADH is oxidized into NAD+ Acetaldehyde is the final e- carrier
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What type of fermentation is this? Explain the steps after typical glycolysis. What is the final e- carrier?
Lactic acid fermentation - pyruvate is reduced into lactate - NADH is oxidized into NAD+ to restart glycolysis Pyruvate is the final e- carrier
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What steps are performed in anaerobic respiration?
1. Glycolysis 2. modified Kreb's cycle 3. ETC
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What is the energy yield of anaerobic respiration?
Variable: 2 < x < 38 ATP
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Nitrate reduction
Nitrate cycle in soils - members of Bacillus and Pseudomonas - NO3- (nitrate) -> NO2- (nitrite) usable form for plants
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Sulfate Reduction
(wetlands, swamps) - SO4^2- (sulfate) -> H2S (hydrogen sulfide gas)
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Carbonate Reduction
Sewage Treatment - CO3^2- (carbonate) -> (methane)

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