Oxidative Phosphorylation Flashcards
What enzymes are present in the mitochondrial matrix?
pyruvate dehydrogenase,
TCA cycle enzymes (except succinate dehydrogenase),
Enzymes for beta-oxidation of FAs,
parts of the urea cycle
What is the permeability of the outer mito membrane?
-permeable to small molecules (contains porins)
What is the permeability of the INNER mito membrane?
TIGHTLY REGULATED!
-impermeable to small molecules EXCEPT O2, CO2, H2O, and NH3 (transporters)
-site of the respiratory chain
Oxidation
substance loses electrons (LEO)
Reduction
substance gains electrons (GER)
What is the point of redox rxns in the mito?
The transfer of e- during chemical rxns releases energy stored in organic molecules, which is ultimately used to synthesize ATP
Complete oxidation of glucose is coupled with the reduction of oxygen to water.
Explain.
Glucose (C6 H12 O6) loses electrons and hydrogen atoms (oxidation), forming CO2 (and donating H+ to form water)
Oxygen (6 O2) gains electrons and hydrogen atoms (from glucose) to form water (6 H2O)
The reaction is EXERGONIC (ATP is formed)
Glucose + 6 O2 –> 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + ATP
What is the point of a stepwise ETC?
NADH passes HIGH ENERGY e- to the electron transport chain —> as e- move down, they lose energy until low energy (at end of chain) –> water
Stepwise creates a controlled reaction (instead of one explosion).
O2 pulls e- down the chain in an “energy-yielding tumble” –> energy yielded is used to make ATP (instead of losing so much energy as heat)
What does E’o measure?
Standard ox-red potential E’o (V) = measure of the affinity for a compound to accept or donate electrons.
Negative E’o: take away electrons (more negative = more oxidized)
Positive E’o is to gain electrons (more positive = more reduced)
What happens to ETC compounds’ affinity for electrons as we move down the chain?
NAD+/NADH has the lowest deltaE’ (most negative) so it has a lower affinity for e-), thus it gives them up easily to a redox pair with a higher deltaE’o (because higher deltaE’o means they have a higher affinity for e-.
ie: 1/O2/H2O (completely reduced) has E’o (V) = +0.82
In ATP production by cellular respiration, how much of the energy is captured and how much is released as heat?
40% of the energy is captured to produce ATP from ADP
60% is released as heat
What are the components of the ETC?
- 4 large protein complexes in INNER mito membrane: I, II, III, IV
- 2 mobile carriers: lipid-soluble CoQ, water soluble protein Cyt-c
What is the course of electron transfer?
NADH –> complex I –> CoQ –> Complex III –> cyt c –> complex IV –> O2
What happens in Complex I?
hint: 3 parts
Key enzyme: NADH dehydrogenase
1) NADH (carrying electrons from food) donates electrons and protons (entering from mito matrix)
2) 4 protons get pumped through into inter membrane space, increasing the acidity of the intermembrane space
3) 2 electrons get passed through the lipid bilayer of the inner mito membrane to CoQ (aka:Ubiquinone or Q10)
(Note: complex 1 has FMN and Fe-S core)
What happens in Complex II?
1) Complex II = Succinate dehydrogenase (from TCA cycle)
2) Pumps 2 e- to CoQ (in lipid bilayer of inner membrane) using FADH2 generated during
a) fatty acid oxidation via fatty acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
b) mitochondrial/cytosolic (?) glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of glycerol phosphate shuttle
Bypass reaction: uses FADH2 instead of NADH (bypass complex I)
*NO PROTONS PUMPED BY COMPLEX II
What happens in Complex III?
Complex III: cyt-bc1
1) electrons move one at a time from Complex III to Cyt-c
2) Proton is pumped into intermembrane space FROM ___ in the mitochondrial matrix
What is cyt-c?
ONLY water-soluble protein of ETC; contains single heme group
cytochrome c gets reduced by complex III and reduces complex IV.
What happens in Complex IV?
Complex IV = cytochrome oxidase
Accepts electrons from cyt c, and then coordinates the transfer of 4 electrons to oxygen, reducing it to water.
Steps:
cyt c –> Cu (2 copper ions) –> Cyt a –> Cyt a3 (heme group of cyt a3 in reduced state binds O2 and transfers 4 electrons to O2) –> reducing O2 to 2 molecules of H2O (H2O ends up in mitochondrial matrix)
How much ATP is generated from NADH in ETC?
3 ATP
How much ATP is generated from succinate in ETC?
2 ATP
What drives ATPsynthase of complex 5?
Proton gradient:
ADP + Pi –> ATP
How was the proton gradient formed?
large amts of energy are given off at 3 sties of ETC: complex I, II, and IV
This energy is used to pump H+ from matrix to outer side of inner mito membrane, establishing the proton gradient