Week Three (Metabolism) Flashcards
Metabolism
Energy production in organisms through multiple chemical pathways
Catabolic Processes
Breakdown
Anabolic Processes
Buildup
Entropy
Measure of how dispersed energy is
Entropy Equation
^S=Q/T
Gibbs free energy
Portion of system’s energy that can perform work (DOES NOT TELL YOU RATE OF REACTION)
Activation Energy
Energy required to start chemical reaction
Activation energy and rate of reaction
Greater amount of activation energy = slower reaction energy
Function of Enzymes
Biological catalysts that lower activation energy
How to enzymes lower activation energy
Correcting orientation, distorting substrate bonds, directly participate in reaction
How are enzymes regulated
Inhibition and allosteric regulation
Competitive Inhibition
Blocking active site
Noncompetitive Inhibition
Interacts at another site, changing shape of enzyme
Allosteric Regulation
Regulatory molecules bond to enzyme and influence activity
Feedback Inhibition
Regulatory molecule is end product of same metabolic pathway
Importance of ATP to cellular energetics
Provides energy stored in phosphate bonds (
How does ATP provide energy
Energy coupling, forming lower energy bonds from high energy bonds (having energy left over)
ATP Hydrolysis
Perform work through changing protein shape/ phosphorylated intermediates
Principles of oxidation and reduction reactions
OIL RIG (oxidation is loss, reduction is gain)
Reducing Agent
Electron donor (becomes oxidized)
Oxidizing Agent
Electron acceptor (becomes reduced)
Electron carriers in cellular respiration
NAD+ and FAD+
Role of electron carriers
Accepting electrons from breakdown of molecules in cellular respiration
Overview of Glycolysis
Breakdown of glycolysis into 2 pyruvate