W2 - Energy Flashcards
What does a kcal express?
Quantity of heat needed to raise the temp of 1kg of a substance by 1 degree celcius.
What does heat of combustion refer to?
Heat liberated by oxidising a specific food - representing foods total energy.
What are the 2 factors affecting energy release during combustion of a foods protein component?
Type of protein in food
Rel. N content of that protein
What influences the ultimate energy yield from the food macronutrients?
Efficiency of digestive processes
== Coefficient of digestibility
What can reduce the coefficient of digestibility
Dietary fibre
What is the concept of turnover based on?
1st law of thermodynamics
(Refers to the process that molecules are constantly degraded + restored).
List some common chemical intermediates
ATP
GTP
UTP
How much energy can you get from breaking off the phosphates from ATP?
24kJ of energy per mol of ATP
Hydrolysis of ATP
ATP + H20 – (ATPase) –> ADP + Pi + Energy
What is every cellular process going to use for energy?
Either:
ATP
GTP
UTP
Ways to get ATP from ADP + Pi
Oxidation of CHO or fats
PCr system
What are the 3 fundamental types in which athletic activities can be grouped into?
Power
Speed
Endurance
Storage form for power activity
ATP
PCr
Storage form for speed activity
Predominantly glycogen + glucose
Storage form for endurance activity
Glycogen
Glucose
Lipids
aa (if need be)
Time to depletion for ATP
2s
Time to depletion for PCr
8s
Time to depletion for glycogen –> lactate
6 min
Time to depletion for glycogen –> CO2 + H20
100 min
Time to depletion for Fat
days
Concentration (mmol/kg dm) for ATP
24
Concentration (mmol/kg dm) for PCr
80
Concentration (mmol/kg dm) for Glycogen
300
Concentration (mmol/kg dm) for fat
Large
What is the resting concentration of PCr?
mmol / kgmuscle
30 mmol / kgmuscle
PCr reaction equation
PCr + ADP –(creatine kinase)–> ATP + Cr
PCr breakdown reaction
PCr –> Cr + Pi + Energy
Use of Pi from PCr breakdown to regenerate ATP
ADP + Pi + Energy –> ATP
Is PCr a direct energy form that can be used by the body?
NO
After PCr system what’s the 2nd immediate energy source?
Myokinase reaction
Equation for the myokinase reaction
2ADP –(Adenylate kinase(myokinase))–> ATP + AMP
What do the myokinase reaction + the breakdown of PCr do together?
Work closely to maintain intracellular ATP levels
REGULATION
ATP
They’re poor signals for control of metabolic rate
REGULATION
What do changes in AMP signal?
They’re powerful signals for metabolic control.
Why is AMP important?
It’s presence is a profound signal for activating mechanisms of ADP restoration to ATP
What are AMP concentrations important for?
Metabolic regulators of what’s going on in the cell.
What determines the energy charge of the cell?
Rel. changes in adenylate
What is an indicator of the capacity of a cell to do work?
Energy charge
How is energy charge calculated?
(ATP + half the conc. of ADP) / (ATP + ADP + AMP)
What is the energy charge when all the adenylate pool is in the form of ATP?
1.0
What is the energy charge when all the ATP is hydrolysed to AMP (only theoretically possible)
0
What is the normal charge of a cell?
0.9-0.95
How is AMP prevented from accumulating?
By being converted to IMP
Reaction for AMP to IMP
AMP + H –(AMP deaminase)–> IMP + NH4+