Bioenergetics Flashcards
(37 cards)
Measure of change in heat content of reactants and products
Enthalphy ▲H
Measured in Joules
Measure of change in randomness or disorder of the reactants and products
Entropy ▲S
Measured in Joules/Kelvins
Predicts the direction in which a reaction will spontaneously proceed
Free Energy ▲G
Formula for Free Energy
▲G= ▲H- T▲S
Temperature constant for measurement of ▲G
298K or 25Celsius
Value of ▲G if there is loss of energy
▲G <0
Exergonic
Spontaneous reaction
Value of ▲G if there is gain of energy
▲G > 0
Endergonic
Not spontaneous reaction
▲G = 0
Equilibrium. Forward and backward reactions are equal
Energy currency of the cell
Adenosine Triphosphate
4 compounds with greater free energy than ATP
Phosphoenolpyruvate (-14.8)
Carbamoyl phosphate (-12.3)
1,3 Biphosphoglycerate (-11.8)
Creatine phosphate (-10.3)
5 compounds with lesser free energy than ATP
Glucose-1 phosphate PP Fructose-6 phosphate Glucose-6-phosphate Glycerol-3-phosphate
Done though coupling reactions where a phosphate group is transferred to ADP from another substance with higher ▲G
Substrate level phosphorylation
Greatest quantitative source of high energy phosphate in aerobic organisms
Oxidative phosphorylation
2 prerequisites of Oxidative phosphorylation
Oxygen and Mitochondria
2 Electron carriers used in Electron Transport Chain
NAD and FAD
NAD is derived from?
Niacin (B3)
FAd is derived from?
Riboflavin (B2)
All components of ETC are fixed into the inner mitochondrial membrane except
Coenzyme Q and Cytochrome C
__________ is the only non protein component of ETC
Ubiquinone (CoQ)
Protons are pumped into intermembranous space in 3 complexes
Complex I, III, IV
The final electron acceptor is
Oxygen
Hypothesis that explains how the free energy generated by the transport of electrons by the ETC is used to produce ATP from ADP + Pi
Mitchell Hypothesis
Protons reenters the matrix through this channel
ATP synthase complex (Complex V)
NADH produces how many ATP
2.5 (10 hydrogen ions)