Quiz 1 Flashcards
Which cell components are involved in protein synthesis?
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Nucleus
Ribosomes
How many ATP are generated from the citric acid cycle for 1 molecule of glucose (1 NADh = 2.5 ATP; 1 FADH2 = 1.5 ATP)
20
What are some aspects of diffusion?
It directly relates to temperature
Diffusion is a passive process
It can occur in an open system or across a partition
It occurs at variable rates depending on distance
What are the steps in a long-distance reflex pathway?
- stimulus
- receptor (sensory)
- Input (afferent) signal
- Integrating center
- Output (efferent) signal
- Effector (target)
- Response
- Feedback
What level of organization would you need to know in order to group cells together into categories based on their similar structure and function?
Tissue
What molecules is the branch point for aerobic and anaerobic metabolism of glucose?
Pyruvate
If the products of a reaction have higher free energy than the reactants, the reaction is what…
endergonic and energy is consumed in the reaction
Beta sheets and alpha helices are classified under what protein structure level?
secondary
How do cells regulate metabolism?
- Controlling enzyme concentration
- Producing modulators that change reaction rates
- using two different enzymes to catalyze reversible reactions
- compartmentalizing enzymes within cellular organelles
- maintaining an optimum ratio of ATP to ADP
Controlling Enzyme concentration…
As enzyme concentration increases, the reaction rate also increases.
We are assuming that there is an excess of the substrate to bind with the enzymes
If the concentration of substrates was less than the concentration of enzymes available to bind to the substrates, the reaction rate would be limited by the amount of substrate available
Producing Modulators that change reaction rates
Modulators alter the activity of a protein.
Usually controlled by hormones or other signals from outside the cells (eg. feedback inhibitions)
Using Two different enzymes to catalyze reversible reactions
If a reversible reaction requires different enzymes, one for the forward’s reaction and one for the reverse reaction the cell can regulate the reaction closely by regulating the concentration of these different enzymes
Compartmentalizing enzymes within cellular organelles
This allows cells to control metabolism by regulating the movement of substrates from one cellular component to the next
Maintaining an optimum ratio of ATP to ADP
this is an indicator of cellular energy status.
- If ATP is high, ATP production will decrease
- If ATP is low the synthesis will increase
Describe the structure and complementary base pairings of DNA.
DNA - is a double helix - two strands twisted together containing four bases
- adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine
Thymine + Adenine
Cytosine + Guanine