Unit 3 Flashcards
Enzyme
Speeds up reactions
Catalyst
(Enzyme) speeds up reactions without using all of their energy
Denaturation
Proteins (enzymes) lose shape from high temperature or extreme pH and cannot function
Competitive Inhibition
Molecule blocks the active site and the substrate can’t bind
Noncompetitive Inhibition
Inhibitor binds somewhere else but changes the shape of the enzyme so the substrate can’t bind
Photosynthesis
Converts light energy into chemical energy in plant glucose
Light Dependent Reactions
Step one of photosynthesis in the thylakoid membrane; makes ATP and NADPH for the next step
Photosystem 2
First step where light is absorbed and water is split to release electrons
Photolysis
Splitting of water using light which produces electrons
ETC
Electrons travel through proteins
Photosystem 1
Reenergizes electrons by passing them to NADP+ to make NADPH
Light Independent Reactions
Use CO2 + ATP + NADPH to make G3P
G3P
3 carbon sugar made in the Calvin Cycle, used to make glucose and carbs
Photophosphorylation
Use light energy to add phosphate to ADP, which makes ATP
Cellular Respiration
Break down glucose to make ATP in the mitochondria (glycolysis, krebs, ETC)
Matrix
Inside of the mitochondria where the Krebs cycle happens
Inter membrane Space
Between inner and outer membrane, where H+ builds up to make ATP
Glycolysis
Break glucose into 2 pyruvate to make 2 ATP + 2 NADH
Pyruvate
3 carbon molecule
Anaerobic
No oxygen needed
Krebs Cycle
Break down pyruvate and makes NADH, FADH2, and CO2
NADH and FADH2
Carry electrons to the ETC
Oxygen forms Water
Oxygen is the final electron accepter at the end of the ETC
Chemiosmosis
H+ flows through ATP Synthase like a turbine to make ATP