Oxidative Phosphorylation Flashcards
Energy from ________ is used to synthesize ATP
reduced fuels (CHO, lipids, AA)
What is used as an energy source?
Electrons from NADH or FADH2
Oxidative phosphorylation involves reduction of ___ to ___ using electrons donated from ____ and _____
O2
H2O
NADH
FADH2
Which cellular structure can synthesize its own proteins?
Mitochondria since it has its own DNA
What is the oxidized form of coenzyme Q called?
Ubiquinone
What is the reduced form of coenzyme Q called? How many electrons and hydrogens does it have?
- ubiquinol
- 2 electrons and 2 hydrogens
How many electrons and hydrogens does the semiquinone radical have?
1 electron and 1 hydrogen
Which carriers are mobile electron carrier? Which is immobile?
- Mobile: ubiquinone and cytochrome c
- Immobile: iron-sulfur proteins
How many electrons does ubiquinone carry? How many does cytochrome c carry?
- Ubiquinone: 2
- Cytochrome c: 1
What are iron-sulfur proteins always connected to?
Cysteine amino acids
What happens in complex I?
- NADH transfers electrons
- Electron passes through FMN and iron-sulfur centers
- Electrons reduce ubiquinone to ubiquinol which travels to Complex III (addition of 2H+ from the matrix)
Which complex is linked to the TCA cycle? Through what?
- Succinate dehydrogenase (succinate to fumarate)
- Transfers electrons from FADH2 to ubiquinone
What happens in complex II?
- FADH2 transfers electrons
- Electrons pass through FAD and iron-sulfur clusters
- Electrons reduce ubiquinone to ubiquinol which travels to complex III
Which enzyme is involved in transferring electrons from FAD to ubiquinone? Which mechanism is it also located in?
- Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
- B-oxidation
Is NADH or FADH2 more present?
NADH, which comes from the cytoplasm following glycolysis
How many NADH molecules does B-oxidation give per cycle?
1 NADH
How many NADH molecules does glycolysis give per glucose?
2 NADH
How many NADH molecules does the synthesis of Acetyl-CoA from Pyruvate generate?
1 NADH
How many NADH molecules does the TCA cycle generate?
3 NADH
How many NADH molecules does AA oxidation to Pyruvate generate?
Numbers vary depending on the end-product of the degradation
How many protons are pumped into the intermembrane space in complex I?
4 protons
Are two electrons transferred at once to ubiquinone? Or one at a time?
One at a time (semiquinone –> ubiquinol)
What is complex I called?
NADH dehydrogenase
What is complex II called?
Succinate dehydrogenase
What is complex III called?
Cytochrome c reductase
What is complex IV called?
Cytochrome oxidase
How many protons are pumped into the intermembrane space in complex II?
None
How many protons are pumped into the intermembrane space in complex III?
4 protons
What happens in complex III?
- Transfer of electrons and protons to cytochrome c in two stages
- Formation of a semi-quinone, which becomes a ubiquinol (addition of two hydrogens from the matrix)
- Two electrons are transferred to cytochrome c, which are carried to complex IV