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Topic 3-L4 - Catabolism in chemoorganotrophs Flashcards

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There are three different terms used for how ATP is generated:

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1) Substrate level phosphorylation.
2) Oxidative phosphorylation
3) Photophosphorylation

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Substrate level phosphorylation:

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ATP generated as a product of a metabolic reaction – energy from an exergonic reaction (energy-rich bone) used to power transfer of phosphate onto ADP to form ATP

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Oxidative phosphorylation:

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Energy from Electron transfer reactions generate a proton motive force, that is used to generate ATP using ATP synthase

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Photophosphorylation:

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Energy captured from light is used to generate a proton motive, that is used to generate ATP using ATP synthase

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For many chemoorganotrophs, sugars like glucose are a preferred energy source ?

Can other organic compounds can also be used to generate energy ?

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Yes

Yes

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Many other sugars (disaccharides, polymers, monomers other than glucose) can be converted to

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glucose or into an intermediate in glycolysis or the citric acid cycle

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Glucose to CO2 – Slow and controlled oxidation, not a single step which would release a tremendous amount of energy all at once.

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  • not in a single step
  • releases ALOT of E
  • happens over a series of rxns in which high E substrates are oxidized to lower E molecules, ultimately into CO2
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Is glycolysis conserved in all domains of life?

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YES

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Glycolysis

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  • doesn’t require O2

- Can be followed by either respiration or fermentation

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2 stages for glycolysis

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  • investment stage and second stage
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Investment stage

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  • requires ATP
  • no redox rxns
  • starts and ends with 6 carbon mol.
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Stage 2 of glycolysis

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  • ATP generated via substrate-level phosphorylation
  • ATP generated when intermediate I (phosphoenolpyruvate - PEP) – high energy
    phosphate bond
  • pyruvate final product
    (important metabolite)
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Between investment stage and stage 2 of glycolysis

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NAD+ reduced to NADH (redox rxn)

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Substrate level phosphorylation in glycolysis produces

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2 ATP per glucose

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NADH (in glycolysis ) is useful for

producing additional

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ATP

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Glycolysis Lacks redox balance! Produces NADH, but no electron acceptor to regenerate NAD+. Redox balance can be restored using

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fermentation or via the citric acid cycle/respiration.

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Glycolysis generated

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2 pyruvate and 2 NADH per glucose

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Oxidation of pyruvate can be used to

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generate a great deal more ATP using the citric acid cycle/respiration (preferred pathway for chemoorganotrophs

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For organisms who can’t for respiration to oxidize pyruvate, they must use

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Fermentation

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Before the CAC, pyruvate is converted to

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acetyl-COA – acetyl-COA then enters the citric acid cycle

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What else can be fed into the CAC?

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other organic molecules (lipids, amino acids, etc)

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What else can the CAC provide?

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provides key metabolic intermediates used anabolic reactions

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The CAC is a Sentra hub for metabolism - not just found in

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aerobic chemotrophs

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Where does CAC take place?

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Mitochondria for eukaryotes

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Steps for CAC

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1) 2C acetyl-CoA + 4C oxaloacetate = 6C citrate
2) via series of oxidations, citrate converted to 4C oxaloacetate which begins another cycle with addition of acetyl-CoA mol.
3) 2 redox rxns occur, no CO2 released from succinate to oxoacetate
4) oxaloacetate can be made from 3C compounds by addition of CO2

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Substrate level phosphorylation in CAC produces

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1 more ATP per pyruvate (2 per glucose)

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CAC Produces how many NADH and FADH?

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2 NADH and 1 FADH2 per pyruvate (2x per glucose)

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This reducing power (NADH/FADH2) is fed into __________. Why?

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electron transport chain

to generate more ATP or anabolic reactions (NADPH).

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The electron transport chain is also known as

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Respiration

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30
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Where does ETC take place

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Takes place in the cytoplasmic membrane (inner mitochondrial membrane for eukaryotes)

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In ETC, redox balance is

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restored and oxidized forms of electron carriers (NAD+) regenerated

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How does the ETC work?

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1) Electrons passed down a series of electron carriers with increasingly +ve reduction potentials (Eo’) until a final electron
acceptor (‘external’ or ‘terminal’ electron acceptor) is reduced

2) Protons pumped out of the cell in the process – generates the proton motive force (ultimately used to generate ATP)

33
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For aerobic respiration (most efficient) ___ is the terminal electron acceptor in ETC.

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O2

34
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For anaerobic respiration, what kind of terminal electron acceptor used?

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A wide range of terminal acceptors can also be used (anaerobic respiration)

35
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Electron carriers generated by

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glycolysis/CAC

36
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In ETC, NADPH is generally used primarily for

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biosynthetic reactions (rather than ATP generation)

37
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In ETC, key electron carriers are

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1) NADH Dehydrogenase & Flavoproteins
2) Iron-sulfur proteins
3) Quinones (such as ubiquinone)
4) Cytochromes

38
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NADH Dehydrogenase & Flavoproteins

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  • Where NADH electrons are deposited (to recycle back to NAD+)
  • NADH Dehydrogenase transfers 2
    electrons to a flavoprotein
  • Flavoproteins contain either FAD/
    FADH 2 or FMN/FMNH2.
39
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Iron-sulfur proteins

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  • Iron sulfur clusters are metal cofactors used by many different proteins involved in electron transfers
  • ETC complexes often contains multiple Fe/S clusters
  • Oxidation state and reduction potential
    (Eo’) varies depending on nature of cluster & protein
40
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Quinones (such as ubiquinone)

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  • they aren’t proteins – small
    molecules that move within membrane
  • Accept 2 electrons, transfer to next
    carrier in chain
  • Often serve to link Fe/S proteins to
    cytochromes
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Cytochromes

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  • Cytochromes are proteins that contain heme prosthetic groups (iron
    coordinated within organic molecule)
  • Different proteins/different heme
    groups, different reduction potentials
  • ETC Complexes often contain multiple
    cytochromes – typically the last stop
    before terminal acceptor
42
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In the ETC, Electrons transferred from

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lower reduction potential carriers (such as flavoproteins, Fe/S proteins) to higher reduction potential carriers (such as cytochromes) and then ultimately to their final electron acceptor (O2 for aerobic respiration).

43
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In the final step of ETC, does the final electron acceptor get used up?

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YES, needs of continuous source to keep going.

44
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In the ETC, what are complexes (complex l, ll, lll)

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multiple proteins (and often multiple electron acceptors). Can include proton pumps that couple energetically favourable electron transfer to proton pumping

45
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Which complexes do e- enter at ?

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Complex l and ll

46
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ETC e- pathway through the complex l

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Complex I starts with NADH (lower Eo’) – pumps 4 more protons per 2e…generates more energy

47
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ETC e- pathway through the complex ll

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Complex 2 starts with FADH2 (higher Eo’), pumps fewer protons

48
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Once e- passed through either complex ll or l,

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quinone is reduced – passes electrons

on to complex III

49
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What’s the terminal e- acceptor

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O2 (aerobic respiration) , generates H2O

  • From NADH to H2O = 10 protons pumped (per NADH)
50
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Individual microbes can operate multiple different electron transport chains with different components – sometimes simultaneously ?

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Yes

51
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Common electron examples that aren’t O2 are

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NO2^- and SO4^(2-)

52
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Do microbes have to always use a single terminal electron acceptor

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NO, Some microbes have the ability to use multiple different terminal
electron acceptors, depending on availability

53
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Can different electron donors be fed into ETC?

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Yes

54
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What is ATP synthase and where’s it found

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Enzyme located in cytoplasmic membrane (prokaryotes) and in mitochondrial membrane (eukaryotes)

55
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How does ATP synthase produce ATP?

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Protons flow back along their

gradient –generates mechanical energy – used to power ADP à ATP (ATP synthesis)

56
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ATP synthase - mechanism

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Fo and F1 parts connected by stalk (y) – Fo in membrane – F 1 in cytosol

  • Fo : P+ flow through, spins like turbine
  • F1 : held in place, drives conformational change
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How many H+ pumped and how many ATP made?

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3.3 H+ pumped to generate 1 ATP

58
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Is ATP formation in ATP synthase reversible?

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YES. ATP hydrolysis can generate PMF

E.g. – fermentative organisms

59
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Oxidative phosphorylation makes a lot of ATP?

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YES

60
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aerobic respiration of glucose

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  • Cell takes in: High energy electron donor (glucose) and excellent e- acceptor (O 2)
  • Traps energy of moving those electrons to a lower energy state in the form of ATP
  • Spits out fully oxidized CO2 and generates H2O as biproduct
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Many chemoorganotrophs are metabolically flexible

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Chemoorganotrophs have preferred energy sources (e.g. glucose) that they will use first, if available

  • In a pinch (probably quite common) they can use of a wide range of high energy organic molecules
62
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Many bacteria used a pathway called __________ to convert fatty acids to acetyl-CoA, which can then be fed into CAC/respiration

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β-oxidation

63
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Can chemoorganotrophs be consumed for E source

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Amino acids can be converted to entry points to the citric acid cycle
(e.g., pyruvate).

64
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Catabolite repression

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if a better energy source (e.g. glucose) is around, enzymes to use other energy source inhibited/not expressed

65
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The glyoxylate cycle

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  • Variation on the citric acid cycle
  • Used in order to grow on 2-carbon
    molecules like acetate/acetyl CoA
  • Because oxaloacetate (4 carbon)
    gets drawn off for biosynthesis –
    need to regenerate extra to run
    citric acid cycle
  • Produces less reducing power (less ATP) but provides oxaloacetatebuilding block for synthesis of amino acids, glucose, etc.
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E. coli is a facultative anaerobe meaning is can

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live/grow with or without O2

67
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E.coli can

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  • do aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration & fermentation
  • Can assemble different electron transport chains. Under anaerobic conditions, can respire using nitrate (if available). If not available – fermentation as a last resort
68
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Nitrate respiration is less

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efficient – pumps fewer protons than with O2

69
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Fermentation

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  • Chemotrophic metabolism without the use of an external electron acceptor
  • Anaerobic!
  • Substrate-level phosphorylation can be used to generate ATP
  • Redox balance achieved by excretion of reduced fermentation products
70
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Lactic acid fermentation

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  • Fermentation regenerates NAD+ and so maintains redox balance
  • Can continue to break down glucose for ATP…but generates little energy/ATP
  • Some bacteria are heterofermentive lactic acid fermenters – they generate mix of lactose + other fermentation products. Can be useful to avoid lactate accumulation
71
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Fermentation pathway used by

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Yeast and to produce beer

72
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Ethanol fermentation produces

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3C pyruvate produces CO2 (1C) and

ethanol (2C) – both excreted

73
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Ethanol fermentation

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  • NAD+ replenished

- Saccharomyces cerevisiae – yeast widely used in food/beverage fermentations

74
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Ethanol fermentation…Beer!

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  • The ethanol generated by yeast alcoholic fermentation used to make
    alcoholic beverages
  • The CO2 generated by alcoholic fermentation used to make dough rise
    (alcohol mostly evaporated off when baking the bread)
  • The CO2 can also be used to naturally carbonate – beer (also sodas like root beer…before modern “forced carbonation technology)
75
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In addition to glucose (via pyruvate), microbes can ferment a wide range of

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organic compounds (E.g. fatty acids, amino acids, purine/pyrimidines, etc)

76
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Common theme:

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Generate an energy-rich molecule (bond) that can be hydrolyzed to produce ATP, donate electrons to (reduce) a metabolite and excrete to obtain redox balance

77
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Fermentation can vary from a

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last resort option to the sole source

of energy - depends on the microbe

78
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Laxative acid fermentation makes

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2 lactate and 2 ATP

79
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Aerobic fermentation produces

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6 CO2, 6 H2O, 38 ATP

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