Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy part 1

  1. The most common fuel in organisms is __
    glucose

    Other molecules are first converted into glucose or other intermediate compounds.
  2. Glucose metabolism pathway traps the free energy in __
    ATP

    ADP + P + free energy > ATP
  3. Glucose oxidation is __
    highly exergonic; drives endergonic formation of many ATP molecules
  4. If O2 is present (aerobic) glycolysis is followed by __
    3 pathways of cellular respiration:

    • pyruvate oxidation
    • citric acid cycle
    • electron transport chain

    (page 9 on slide)
  5. If O2 is not present (anaerobic), pyruvate from glycolysis is metabolized by __
    fermentation

    (page 9 on slide)
  6. redox reaction
    One substance transfers electrons to another substance
  7. gain of one or more electrons by an atom, ion, or molecule
    reduction
  8. loss of one or more electrons. also occurs if H+ are gained or lost (H = H+ + e-)
    oxidation
  9. In glucose combustion, __ is the reducing agent, __ is the oxidizing agent.
    glucose; O2

    Energy in glucose is transferred to the reduced product.
  10. The most reduced state has the __ free energy while the most oxidized state has the __ free energy.
    highest; lowest

    (page 14 on slide)
  11. NAD+ is __. NADH is __
    oxidized; reduced

    NAD+ is a key electron carrier in redox reactions. NADH gains 2 e-

    (page 17 on slide)
  12. metabolic pathways that occur outside the mitochondria
    • glycolysis (in cytosol)
    • fermentation
  13. metabolic pathways that occur inside the mitochondria
    • citric acid cycle
    • pyruvate oxidation
  14. Cellular respiration reactions occur in the __
    cristae of the mitochondria
  15. Glycolysis converts __ to __ & generates no __
    glucose; pyruvate; CO2
  16. Glycolysis involves __ enzyme-catalyzed reactions.
    10

    • energy-investing: 1-5 require ATP
    • energy-harvesting: 6-10 yield NADH & ATP
  17. Glycolysis results in __
    • 2 molecules of pyruvate (3-carbon)
    • 2 molecules of ATP
    • 2 molecules of NADH
  18. active sites of hexokinase
    glucose & ATP

    (Hexokinase is the substrate.)

    (page 27 on slide)
  19. What happens during the reaction with hexokinase?
    • phosphorylation (addition of phosphate group) & loss of ATP
    • G6P (glucose derivative) is produced with that extra phosphate.

    (page 27 on slide)
  20. active sites of phosphofructokinase
    F6P (glucose derivative) & ATP

    (Phosphofructokinase is the substrate.)

    (page 28 on slide)
  21. What happens during the reaction with phosphofructokinase?
    • Phosphofructokinase adds a 2nd kinase.
    • Another phosphate group derived from ATP is attached to F6P (glucose derivative) - phosphorylation reaction

    (page 28 on slide)
  22. What does aldolase do and produce?
    opens the carbon ring (6-carbon) & cleaves it producing TWO 3-carbon sugar molecules (3GP) - electron rich

    1 6-carbon splits into two 3-carbons.

    (One of the 3GP is modified from DAP)

    (page 30 on slide)
  23. key concepts during the first steps in the energy-harvesting (releasing) reaction of glycolysis
    • 1st drop in free energy
    • redox reaction
    • substrate phosphorylation
  24. What happens during the first steps in the energy-harvesting (releasing) reaction of glycolysis?
    • Each G3P will lose 2 electrons, resulting in a total of 4 electrons lost (redox reaction)
    • 1 phosphate added per molecule, producing a total of 2 ATP (substrate-level phosphorylation)

    (page 32 on slide)
  25. substrate-level phosphorylation
    transferring a phosphate group from a substrate (glucose derivative) to ADP to form ATP

    (Each ATP molecule produced in the energy-releasing steps of glycolysis results from substrate-level phosphorylation).
  26. __catalyzes formation of __ & __, the final product of glycolysis.
    • Pyruvate kinase;
    • ATP (by substrate-level phosphorylation);
    • pyruvate

    (page 35 on slide)
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Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy part 1
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Week 2: Ch. 8
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