AP Bio Unit 3: Cellular Energetics

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anabolic reactions

forming bonds between molecules consuming energy to build complicated molecules from simpler ones

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catabolic reactions

breaking bonds between molecules; breakdown pathways; like digestion(hydrolysis)

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exergonic reactions

chemical reactions that release energy

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endergonic reactions

chemical reactions that require input of energy

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activation energy

the energy required to break bonds in the reactant molecules and start chemical reactions; must absorb energy to break bonds

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Enzyme

a protein that reduces the activation energy of reactions in a cell, but is not used up in the reactions (acts as a catalyst) - speeds up a reaction

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enzyme specificity

enzymes have a specific shape to specific chemical reaction (1 enzyme = 1 reaction type)

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substrate

substance on which the enzyme acts; binds to enzyme according to shape

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active site

enzymes catalytic site; substrate fits like a key into a lock

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Denaturation

Destroying the function of a protein by changing its structure (can be done by changing temperature, pH, or salinity)

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Induced Fit model

substrate binding causes enzyme to change shape and have tighter fit

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Increasing Enzyme Concentration

more enzymes equals more frequently collide with substrate; equilibrium is reached when the amount of substrate equals the amount of enzyme

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Increasing substrate concentration

More substrate equals more frequent collisions with enzymes; all enzymes have active site engaged; enzyme becomes saturated

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inhibitors

molecules that reduce enzyme activity

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competitive inhibtion

inhibitor competes with substrate for active site by binding in the active site and blocking the substrate

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non-competitive inhibition

type of inhibition where an inhibitor binds to site other than active site causing enzyme to change shape; active site no longer functions

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Allosteric regulation

when molecules bind somewhere other than the active site; cause a change in enzymes shape; can inhibit or activate

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Feedback inhibition

the final product is in a metabolic pathway is an enzyme inhibitor for an earlier step

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Cofactors

small inorganic compounds like Mg, K, Ca, Zn and other minerals; that increase the activity of enzymes

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Coenzymes

non-protein organic molecules that bind temporarily or permanently to enzyme near active site; like many vitamins

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Allosteric Inhibitor

a molecule that binds to allosteric site and reduces enzyme activity

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Allosteric activator

a molecule that binds to allosteric site and increases enzyme activity

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Enzyme cooperativity

A substrate molecule bound to an active site of one subunit promotes substrate binding to the active site of other subunits.

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Metabolism

All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism

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Entropy

A measure of disorder or randomness.

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energy coupling

The use of an exergonic process to drive an endergonic one.

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Autotroph

An organism that makes its own food

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Heterotroph

organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer

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Oxidation

loss of electrons (or hydrogen)

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reduction

gain of electrons (or hydrogen)

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Phosphorylation

the addition of a phosphate group to a molecule

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Chemiosmosis

making ATP using the energy from a hydrogen ion concentration gradient and the ATP synthase enzyme.

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ATP synthase

The enzyme that makes ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate.

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reactants of cellular respiration

glucose and oxygen

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reactants of photosynthesis

carbon dioxide and water

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products of cellular respiration

carbon dioxide, water, and ATP

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products of photosynthesis

glucose and oxygen (products)

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Glycolysis

breakdown of glucose into pyruvate; produces small amount of ATP; no oxygen required

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location of glycolysis

cytoplasm

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location of citric acid cycle

matrix of mitochondria

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products of the citric acid cycle

NADH, FADH2, CO2, some ATP

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location of electron transport chain

inner mitochondrial membrane (cristae)

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cellular respiration electron carriers

NAD+/NADH and FAD/FADH2

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photosynthesis electron carriers

NADP+ to NADPH

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Products of cell respiration Electron Transport Chain

water and lots of ATP

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final electron acceptor in cell respiration

Oxygen

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Fermentation

Process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen

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products of fermentation

ethanol and lactic acid

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inputs of light reactions

light, water, ADP, NADP+

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products of light reactions

ATP, NADPH, O2

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location of light reactions

thylakoid membrane

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location of Calvin cycle

stroma

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Inputs of Calvin Cycle

CO2, ATP, NADPH

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Main Product of Calvin Cycle

G3P (used to make sugars like glucose)

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CAM plants

plants close their stomata during the day, collect CO2 at night, and store the CO2 in the form of acids until it is needed during the day for photosynthesis

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ATP production in both cell respiration and photosynthesis

electron transport chain and chemiosmosis

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C4 plants

separate the reactions in photosynthesis by running the light reactions and the Calvin Cycle in different cells

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C4 and CAM plants

plants that have adapted to hot, dry conditions

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Role of pigments in photosynthesis

absorb light energy at specific wavelengths

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