Section 9.4 & 9.5 Flashcards
an iron-containing protein that is a component of electron transport chains in the mitochondria and chloroplasts of eukaryotic cells and the plasma membranes of prokaryotic cells
cytochrome
a complex of several membrane proteins that functions in chemiosmosis with adjacent electron transport chains, using the energy of a hydrogen ion concentration gradient to make ATP
ATP synthase
an energy coupling mechanism that uses energy stored in the form of a hydrogen ion gradient across a membrane to drive cellular work such as the synthesis of ATP
chemiosmosis
the potential energy stored in the form of a proton electochemical gradient, generated by the pumping of hydrogen ions across a biological membrane during chemiosmosi
proton-motive force
glycolysis followed by the reduction of pyruvate to ethyl alcohol regenerating NAD+ and releasing carbon dioxide
alcohol fermentation
glycolysis followed byt the reduction of pyrivate to lactate, regenerating NAD+ with no release of carbon dioxide
lactic acid fermentation
an organism that carries out only fermentation or anaerobic respiration
obligate anerobes
an organism that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present but that switches to anaerobic respiration or fermentation if oxygen is not present
facultative anoerobes
the entry compound for the citric acid cycle in cellular respiration, formed from a two-carbon fragment of pyruvate attached to a coenzyme
aceytl CoA
A series of reactions that ultimately splits glucose into pyruvate
glycolysis