Chapter 5 Microbial Metabolism Flashcards
ATP
- adenosine triphosphate
- stored energy within bonds
enzyme+ATP=_____
macromolecules
2 Basic Metabolic Chem RXN
1 Catabolism
2 Anabolism
Catabolism
- break larger moles into smaller products
- exergonic (release energy)
- heterotrophic organisms acquire energy thru catabolism of nutrients
Anabolism
- synthesize large molecules from smaller products of catabolism
- endergonic
ex) protein synthesis
Exergonic
release of energy
Endergonic
require more energy than they release
Enzymes
- organic catalysts
- enzyme+substrate fit like a lock and key
catalyst
increases the likelihood of a biological rxn
6 categories of enzymes
1 LIGASE or POLYMERASE 2 hydrolases 3 isomerases 4 lyases 5 oxidoreductases 6 transferases
Carbohydrate Catabolism
- many organisms oxidize carbohydrates as primary energy source for anabolic rxn
- glucose is most common carb used
2 processes glucose is catabolized by
1 Cellular Respiration (requires Oxygen) 2 Fermentation (does NOT require Oxygen)
Glycolysis
- (catabolic/exergonic)
- occurs in cytosol
- involves splitting a 6-carbon-glucose into 2 3-carbon-pyruvic acids;
- produces NADH and ATP
- precursor step to respiration and fermentation
Glycolysis Net Gains
4 ATP moles
2 NADH (e- carriers)
2 Pyruvic Acid
Cellular Respiration
- pyruvic acid is oxidized completely to produce ATP by a series of redox rxn
- occurs in MITOCHONDRIA
Cellular Respiration
- pyruvic acid is oxidized completely to produce ATP by a series of redox rxn
- occurs in MITOCHONDRIA
- use of ion gradient to produce ATP
- redox rxn in ETC create proton gradient
- protons flow down gradient to phosphorylate ADP to ATP
3 stages of Cellular Respiration
1 synthesis of acetyl-CoA (pyruvates are oxidized into acetyl-coa)
2 Krebs cycle
3 final series of redox rxn (E- transport chain)
redox rxn in electron transport chain creates ____
proton gradient
__ ATP moles are formed from 1 glucose mole in ECT
34 ATP molecules
Phosphorylation
inorganic phosphate is added to a substrate
- catabolic
- cells phosphorylate ADP to ATP
ATP > ADP
anabolic pathway that removes a phosphate to use energy
Ligase
an enzyme
- takes 2 molecules of something and binds them together
- “reattach”
Polymerase
- an enzyme
- -builds really long polymers
ex) RNA and DNA polymerase
Net Products of Glycolysis
1 6-carbon-glucose >
2 3-carbon-pyruvic-acid
2 ATP (4 produced, 2 used)
2 NADH (e- carrier)