Lecture 28 Flashcards
what is Phosphate Transfer Potential?
Free energies of hydrolysis for phosphate-containing compounds
What is the order from highest to lowest free energy change of phosphate transfer potentials?
- Glycolysis intermediates
- Phosphocreatine
- thioester
- ATP
- Glucose 6-phosphate (glucose intermediate
Why can one phosphate transfer be used to create a phosphate bond?
Because it takes less energy to make the phosphate bond in one process than the energy released when a phosphate bond is broken in another process
If a reaction is coupled, what must the free energy chnage of the combined reactions add up to?
A negative number
When coupling two reactions with separate free energy changes what must be done?
One reaction will have a negative free energy change and the other will have a positive one (if not flip the reactions and the sign of the reaction). Then cancel out what is the same in both reactions and add the free energy changes
What are the reactants and products of the hydrolysis of phosphocreatine?
Reactants: Phosphocreatine, H2O
Products: Creatine, Pi
What is the free energy change of the hydrolysis of phosphocreatine?
-43kj/mol
What can phosphocreatine be used to make?
ATP
Why can phosphocreatine be used to create ATP?
Because the energy of hydrolysis is greater than the energy required to phosphorylate ADP
What does the product of the dephosphorylation of phosphocreatine resemble?
Arginine
What is phosphocreatine used for?
A transient source of ATP
What is the free energy required for the synthesis of ATP?
32kJ/mol
What is AcetylCoA produced from?
Fat, protein, and carbohydrate metabolism
What is AcetylCoA a central molecule in?
Aerobic catabolic processes
What cycle does AcetylCoA go into?
The citric acid cycle
What does the Citric acid cycle produce?
Lots of reduced cofactors (NADH/FADH2)
What are reduced cofactors?
High energy structures that are reduced
What reduced cofactors can the citric acid cycle produce?
NADH and FADH2
What occurs in oxidative phosphorylation?
The reduced cofactors are converted into ATP and oxidized back to their oxidized forms
What are the two puposes of Catabolic pathways?
- Breakdown of larger molecules into smaller building units
* Release and (temporary) storage of energy in high-energy molecules
What are some high energy molecules used to store energy after catabolism?
- ATP/NTP
* Reduced cofactors (NADH/FADH2)
What can the reduced cofactors produced in catabolism be used for?
Oxidative phosphorylation to generate ATP
What are the two processes that occur in oxidative phosphorylation?
- Oxidation of reduced cofactors (NADH, FADH2)
* Phosphorylation of ADP to ATP
What is the reaction of the oxidation of NADH?
NADH ➡️ NAD+ + H+ + 2e
What is the reaction for the oxidation of FADH2?
FADH2 ➡️ FAD + 2H+ + 2e
What does the oxidation of the NADH and FADH2 go on to do?
Reduce O2 to H2O
For how many what does the reduction of O2 molecules in oxidative phosphorylation produce?
Two water molecules
What is the reaction for the reduction of O2 in oxidative phosphorylation?
4H+ + 4e + O2 ➡️ 2H2O
How is the oxidation of reduced cofactors and the phosphorylation of ADP to ATP in oxidative phosphorylation connected?
Through a proton gradient across the mitochondrial membrane that is created by one process and used by another
What generates the proton gradient in oxidative phosphorylation?
Electron transport in the oxidation of NADH and FADH2
What consumes the energy gradient produced in oxidative phosphorylation?
ADP to create ATP and synthesize phosphoanhydride bonds
What are reduced cofactors (NADH, FADH2) generated from?
Glycolysis and the citric acid cycle (oxidative processes)
Where do the reduced cofactors in oxidative phosphorylation feed their electrons?
To the electron transport chain
What occurs once reduce cofactors feed their electrons to the electron transport chain?
They become oxidized and O2 becomes reduced to water
What occurs in oxidative phosphorylation once NADH and FADH2 are oxidized and O2 is reduced to H2O?
A proton gradient is produced and used for ATP synthesis