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What are autotrophs?

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Organisms that can produce their own organic molecules through photosynthesis.

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What are heterotrophs?

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Organisms that live on organic compounds produced by other organisms.

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What is cellular respiration?

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A series of reactions used by organisms to extract energy from organic molecules.

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What does oxidation mean in the context of cellular respiration?

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Loss of electrons.

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What does reduction mean in the context of cellular respiration?

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Gain of electrons.

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What is dehydrogenation?

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The process where lost electrons are accompanied by protons, resulting in the loss of a hydrogen atom.

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What role do electrons play in redox reactions?

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Electrons carry energy from one molecule to another.

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What is the function of NAD+?

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An electron carrier that accepts 2 electrons and 1 proton to become NADH.

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What is the final electron acceptor in aerobic respiration?

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Oxygen (O2).

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What is the final electron acceptor in anaerobic respiration?

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An inorganic molecule (not O2).

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What is the final electron acceptor in fermentation?

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An organic molecule.

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What is the overall reaction for aerobic respiration?

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C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O +ATP.

Krebs Cycle

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What is the free energy release during aerobic respiration?

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–686 kcal/mol of glucose.

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What are the two mechanisms for ATP synthesis?

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  • Substrate-level phosphorylation
  • Oxidative phosphorylation.
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What is glycolysis?

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A 10-step biochemical pathway that converts 1 glucose to 2 pyruvate.

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Where does glycolysis occur?

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In the cytoplasm.

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What is produced during glycolysis?

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  • 2 ATP (net production)
  • 2 NADH.
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How is NADH recycled for glycolysis to continue?

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  • Aerobic respiration (using O2)
  • Fermentation (when O2 is not available).
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What happens to pyruvate in the presence of oxygen?

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Pyruvate is oxidized to acetyl-CoA which enters the Krebs cycle.

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What enzyme catalyzes the oxidation of pyruvate?

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Pyruvate dehydrogenase.

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What are the products of pyruvate oxidation?

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  • 1 CO2
  • 1 NADH
  • 1 acetyl-CoA.
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What is the Krebs cycle?

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A series of reactions that oxidizes the acetyl group from pyruvate.

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What is produced for each Acetyl-CoA entering the Krebs cycle?

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  • 2 CO2
  • 3 NADH
  • 1 FADH2
  • 1 ATP.
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What is the total yield from glucose after the Krebs cycle?

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  • 6 CO2
  • 4 ATP
  • 10 NADH
  • 2 FADH2.
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What is the Electron Transport Chain (ETC)?
A series of membrane-bound electron carriers in the inner mitochondrial membrane.
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What drives ATP synthesis in chemiosmosis?
The proton gradient.
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What is the role of ATP synthase?
To synthesize ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate (Pi) using the energy from the proton gradient.
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What is the theoretical energy yield from glucose in bacteria?
32 ATP per glucose.
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What are the two key control points in the regulation of respiration?
* Glycolysis (phosphofructokinase) * Pyruvate oxidation/Krebs cycle (pyruvate dehydrogenase and citrate synthetase).
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What is anaerobic respiration?
The use of inorganic molecules (other than O2) as the final electron acceptor.
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What is fermentation?
The reduction of organic molecules to regenerate NAD+.
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What happens during ethanol fermentation?
CO2, ethanol, and NAD+ are produced.
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What occurs during lactic acid fermentation?
Electrons are transferred from NADH to pyruvate to produce lactic acid.
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What happens to amino acids during catabolism?
They undergo deamination to remove the amino group.
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What process converts amino acids to a molecule that enters glycolysis or the Krebs cycle?
Deamination ## Footnote Deamination removes the amino group from amino acids.
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What is alanine converted to during protein catabolism?
Pyruvate ## Footnote Alanine undergoes deamination to become pyruvate.
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What is aspartate converted to during protein catabolism?
Oxaloacetate ## Footnote Aspartate is converted to oxaloacetate after deamination.
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What are fats broken down into during catabolism?
Fatty acids and glycerol ## Footnote Fats undergo hydrolysis to yield fatty acids and glycerol.
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What process converts fatty acids to acetyl groups?
Beta-oxidation ## Footnote Beta-oxidation is an oxygen-dependent process for fatty acid conversion.
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How much more energy does the respiration of a 6-carbon fatty acid yield compared to 6-carbon glucose?
20% more energy ## Footnote This indicates the higher energy yield from fat oxidation versus carbohydrate metabolism.
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What is the first step in the hypothetical evolution of metabolism?
Ability to store chemical energy in ATP ## Footnote ATP storage is fundamental for energy transfer in cells.
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What metabolic pathway is found in all living organisms?
Glycolysis ## Footnote Glycolysis is a universal pathway for glucose metabolism.
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What type of photosynthesis used H2S instead of H2O?
Anoxygenic photosynthesis ## Footnote Anoxygenic photosynthesis does not produce oxygen and uses H2S.
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What significant change did the use of H2O in photosynthesis bring?
Permanent change in Earth's atmosphere ## Footnote The transition to using H2O led to increased oxygen levels in the atmosphere.
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What evolutionary process evolved most recently?
Aerobic respiration ## Footnote Aerobic respiration allows for more efficient energy production using oxygen.

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