Products Of Bchem Flashcards
1
Q
What are the three bacterial shapes and examples?
A
Spherical: Staphylococci
Cylindrical: E. coli
Spiral: Rhodospirillum
2
Q
How does bacteria grow?
A
Binary Fission
3
Q
How does yeast grow?
A
Budding
4
Q
How does mould grow?
A
Branching
5
Q
Catabolism vs Anabolism
A
Cat: breakdown into smaller/ simpler products
Ana: synthesis of more complex compounds
6
Q
When is an enzyme not a protein?
A
When its a ribozyme
7
Q
Overall reaction of glycolysis?
A
Glucose + 2 ATP + 2NAD + 4ADP —> 2 Pyruvate + 4ATP + 2NADH
8
Q
At what steps of glycolysis is ATP consumed and formed?
A
Consumed:
Step 1 - hexokinase
Step 3 - Kinase
Produced:
Step 6 - Kinase x2
Step 10 - Kinase x2
9
Q
How does the ETC release energy?
A
Proton transfer through ATP system releases energy
