Module 2 Lab 1 Flashcards
Proteins that act as biological catalyst
Enzyme
Speed up reaction; lower the amount of energy necessary to start a chemical reaction
Catalyst
Amount of energy necessary to start a chemical reaction
Activation energy
Reactant molecules
Substrate
Substrate molecules combined with specific enzymes
Enzyme- substrate complex
Formed as bonds are changed and released from the enzyme
Products
Specific location on an enzyme where the substrate molecule(s) binds is (are) changed
Active site
Loose three dimensional shape required for their function
Denatured
How do enzymes speed up reactions?
They lower the amount of energy necessary to start a chemical reaction (activation energy)
Are enzymes used up during chemical reactions?
No enzyme is unaltered, it is capable of catalyzing the same reaction again and again
What happens to an enzymes activity below and above its optimum temperature?
Enzymes become denatured, they lose the three dimensional shape required for their function
Energy available to do work
Free energy
Organisms capture free energy from the environment through photosynthesis and use this energy to make organic molecules from carbon dioxide
Autotrophic
Organisms harvest free energy from the,organic molecules produced by autotrophs
Heterotrophic
The free energy stored in organic molecules is made available to the cell in the usable form of ATP
Cellular respiration
Powers cellular respiration
ATP
Plants, algae, and Cyanobacteria utilize the organic molecules they produced by photosynthesis for respiration
Photoautotroph
Animals, fungi, many protists and most prokaryotes obtain organic molecules to break down during respiration by consuming other organisms
Chemoautotrophs
Form of cellular respiration in which organic molecules such as glucose are broken down using an electron transport chain that requires oxygen; energy efficient form of cellular respiration in terms of amount of ATP produced
Aerobic respiration
Energy contained in bond of glucose is released
Catabolic
Carry electrons to protiens embedded in the inner membrane of the mitochondria
NADH and FADH2
Proteins embedded in the inner membrane of the mitochondria
Electron transport chain
Inner most fluid filled space
Matrix
Provides energy for the synthesis of ATP from ADP AND Pi
ATP synthase
What is the purpose of cellular respiration?
Free energy stored in organic molecules is made available to the cell in the usable form of ATP, which powers cellular processes
Plants, algae, and Cyanobacteria
Photoautotrophs
Animals, fungi, many protists, most prokaryotes
Chemoheterotrophs