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1
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why do we need respiration?

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need energy for metabolic reactions such as protein synthesis, maintaining temperature

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what is the respiration equation?

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C6H1206 + 6 O2 → 6 CO2 + 6 H20 + 2870kJ

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3
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what is the function of mitochondrion?

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synthesize ATP

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4
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how many membranes do mitochondria have?

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2

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what is the outer membrane of the mitochondria?

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Smooth
Permeable to several small molecules

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what is the inner membrane of the mitochondria?

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Folded (cristae)
Less permeable
The site of the electron transport chain (used in oxidative phosphorylation)
Location of ATP synthase enzymes (used in oxidative phosphorylation)

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what are some key features about the intermembrane space?

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Has a low pH due to the high concentration of protons
The concentration gradient across the inner membrane is formed during oxidative phosphorylation and is essential for ATP synthesis

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what are some features of the matrix?

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Is an aqueous solution within the inner membranes of the mitochondrion
Contains ribosomes, enzymes and circular mitochondrial DNA necessary for mitochondria to function

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what are the 4 stages of aerobic respiration?

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glycolysis
link reaction
Krebs cycle
Oxidative phosphorylation

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what is the result of glycolysis?

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2 Pyruvate (3C) molecules
Net gain 2 ATP
2 reduced NAD

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what happens in phosphorylation in glycolysis?

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glucose (6C) is phosphorylated by 2 ATP to form hexose bisphosphate (6C) this then splits into 2 triose phosphate molecules (3C)

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what happens in oxidation in glycolysis?

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hydrogen is removed from each molecule of triose phosphate and transferred to coenzyme NAD to form 2 reduced NAD
4H + 2NAD → 2NADH + 2H+

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what happens in dephosphorylation in glycolysis?

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phosphates from triose bisphosphate and from cell cytoplasm are transferred from the intermediate substrate molecules to form 4 ATP through substrate-linked phosphorylation
4Pi + 4ADP → 4ATP

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what happens after pyruvate is produced?

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When oxygen is available pyruvate will enter the mitochondrial matrix and aerobic respiration will continue

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what happens after dephosphorylation in glycolysis?

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pyruvate is produced (3C) which is used in the next stage of respiration

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how does the pyruvate move across the membrane?

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active transport

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17
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what happens in the link reaction?

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-pyruvate moves into matrix
-Pyruvate is oxidised by enzymes to produce acetate, CH3CO(O)- and carbon dioxide, requiring the reduction of NAD to NADH
- Combination with coenzyme A to form acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl CoA)

18
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what are the products of link reaction?

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acetyl CoA + carbon dioxide + reduced NAD

19
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where does the krebs cycle take place?

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in the matrix

20
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what happens to acetyl CoA at the start of the krebs cycle?

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-carbon (4C) oxaloacetate accepts the 2C acetyl fragment from acetyl CoA to form the 6 carbon (6C) citrate
Coenzyme A is released in this reaction

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what happens after citrate is made in the krebs cycle?

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Decarboxylation of citrate
Releasing CO2 as waste gas making it now a 5C compound
Oxidation (dehydrogenation) of citrate
Releasing H atoms that reduce NAD

22
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what happens to the 5C compound in the krebs cycle?

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it is decarboxylised meaning it is now a 4C compound
dehydrogenated- reduicng NAD to NADH
adp then becomes atp due to the addition of a phopshate
FAD and NAD are then reduced and the compound is now oxaloactate (4C)

23
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what happens to FAD and NAD in oxidative phosphorylation?

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reduced NAD and FAD deliver their hydrogen atoms to the electron transport chain causing them to be reoxidised

24
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what happens after NAD and FAD are deoxidised?

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the hydrogen atoms split to become protons and electrons.
h+ ions go into the matrix through proteins
e- are accepted by the first electron carrier protein in the chain

25
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how do the proteins in the membrane accept the electron?

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iron at centre of carrier becomes reduced, the elcetron is then donated to the next protein in the chain and so on

26
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what does the energy released from the electrons going down the electron transport chain do?

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used to pump the h+ ions from the matrix to the intermembrane space

27
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what happens after the h+ ions are in the intermembrane space?

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proton gradient forms across the membrane

28
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what happens due to the proton gradient?

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H+ ions diffuse through the channels and form a comformational change in the atp synthase enzyme. this catalyses ADP to ATP.

29
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what happens to the electrons in the electron transport chain?

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oxygen combines with the electrons that have come off the last protein and also combine with the protons forming water

30
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why is oxygen needed for respiration?

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electron cant be received by final electron receptor so NAD wont be oxidized to be recycled

31
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what are the 2 pathways of anaerobic respiration?

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lactate pathway
ethanol fermentation pathway

32
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what happens in the lactate pathway?

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the pyruvate accepts hydrogen atom from the reduced NAD becoming lactate. this then can become oxidized and recycled in glycolysis.

33
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what enzyme catalyses the pyruvate molecules accepting the h+ atoms from NAD?

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lactate dehydrogenase

34
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what happens in the ethanol fermentation pathway?

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the pyruvate loses a carbon to release CO2 and become ethanal. this then gains hydrogen atoms from reduced NAD, which is then reoxidsed to be used again

35
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how do you calculate respiratory quotient?

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volume of CO2 out divided by volume of O2 in

36
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what is the respiratory quotient of glucose in anerobic respiration?

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1 or over

37
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what is the respiratory quotient of carbohydrates in aerobic respiration?

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1

38
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what is the respiratory quotient of proteins and lipids in aerobic respiration?

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proteins- 0.9
lipids - 0.7

39
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how does a respirometer work?

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used to measure the rate of oxygen consumption during aerobic respiration consists of a chamber containing the organism or tissue, a manometer to measure pressure changes, and an absorber of carbon dioxide1.
measuring changes in gas volumes allows us work out rate of respiration

40
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what is different between a simple and complex respirometer?

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complex has 2 tubes 1 being a control

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