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What is cell metabolised defined as?

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The highly integrated network of chemical reactions that occur within cells

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What does the network of chemical reactions involved in cell metabolism consist of?

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A number of distinct chemical pathways (metabolic pathways) which link together

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Do the metabolic pathways occur in all cells?

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Some do, whilst others are confined to cells with specific functions

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What is produced from cell metabolism of nutrients?

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  • Energy for cell function and synthesis of cell components
  • Building block molecules
  • Organic precursor molecules
  • Biosynthetic reducing power
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In what form is energy produced by cell metabolism?

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ATP

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What are the building block molecules produced by cell metabolism used for?

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Synthesis of cell components needed for growth, maintenance, repair and division of the cell

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What are the organic precursor molecules produced by cell metabolism used for?

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To allow the inter-conversion of building block molecules

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Give an example of an organic precursor molecule produced by cell metabolism

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Acetyl-CoA

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What is the biosynthetic reducing power produced by cell metabolism used in?

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The synthesis of cell components

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What molecule holds biosynthetic reducing power?

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NADPH

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What sources provide cells nutrients?

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  • Diet
  • Synthesis in the body tissue
  • Release from storage
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What can happen to cell nutrients after being metabolised?

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  • Degradation to release energy
  • Synthesis of cell components
  • Storage
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In what tissues can nutrients be degraded to release energy?

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All

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In what tissues can nutrients be used to synthesise cell components?

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All tissues except RBCs

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In what tissues can nutrients be metabolised to storage?

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  • Liver
  • Adipose tissue
  • Skeletal muscle
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What is catabolism?

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The breakdown of larger molecules into smaller ones

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What is anabolism?

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Where smaller molecules are built up into larger ones

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How are catabolism and anabolism involved in cell metabolism?

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Cell metabolism consists of pathways in which the overall reaction is catabolism linked to anabolism

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Are catabolism pathways oxidative or reductive?

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Oxidative

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What is meant by catabolic pathways being oxidative?

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They release H+ ions (reducing power)

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What do catabolic pathways release?

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  • Large amounts of free energy
  • Intermediary metabolites
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Are anabolic pathways oxidative or reductive?

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Reductive

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What is meant by anabolic pathways being reductive?

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They use H+ ions

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What do anabolic pathways do?

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Use the intermediary metabolites and energy (ATP) produced by catabolism to drive the synthesis of important cell components

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What happens if energy intake from food is insufficient for cells function?
The body utilises energy stores to keep the supply of energy continuous
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What does metabolism couple?
The energy released from exergonic reactions to the energy required by endergonic reactions
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What is required in the coupling of exergonic reactions and endergonic reactions in metabolism?
An intermediate process - the ADP/ATP cycle
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What is an exergonic reaction?
One that is energy releasing
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Is the Gibbs Free Energy positive or negative in exergonic reactions?
Negative
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Give three examples of phosphorylated compounds
* Phosphonenolpyruvate * Creatine phosphate * ATP
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Why do many phosphorylated compounds have a high energy of hydrolysis?
Because the phosphate-phosphate bond is a high energy bond
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What is the free energy change of ATP + H2O -\> ADP + Pi?
-31 kJ/mol
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GIve an example of a cell type that might need to increase metabolic activity very quickly
Muscle
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What is required in cell types that need to increase metabolic activity very quickly?
A reserve of high energy stores that can be used immediately
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What is used as a high energy store in cells that need to increase metabolic activity very quickly?
Creatine phosphate
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Give the reaction whereby creatine phosphate produces energy quickly
Creatine phosphate + ADP \<--\> Creatine + ATP
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What catalyses the reaction of interconversion between creatine and creatine phosphate?
Creatine kinase
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What happens to creatine and creatine phosphate when ATP concentration is high?
The reaction towards creatine phosphate is favoured
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What are oxidative reactions?
When electrons are removed
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In biological terms, what are oxidative reactions?
Removal of hydrogen atoms (H+ and e-)
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What happens to the removal hydrogen atoms in biological oxidative reactions?
They immediately react with something else
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What is the result of the hydrogen atoms removed in biological oxidative reactions immediately reacting with something else?
It makes the whole reaction a **redox** reaction
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What happens when fuel molecules are oxidised in catabolism?
Hydrogen atoms are transferred to carrier molecules
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What do the hydrogen carrier molecules carry?
Reducing power
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What kind of molecules are hydrogen carriers?
Complex molecules that contain components from B vitamins
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How are hydrogen carriers reduced?
By the addition of two H atoms (H+ and e-)
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What happens to the H+ on carrier molecules in solution?
It dissociates
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Does the total number of oxidised and reduced carriers vary?
No, it is constant
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Give three hydrogen carriers
* NAD * NADP * FAD
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What is the oxidised form of NAD?
NAD+
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What is the reduced form of NAD?
NADH + H+
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What is the oxidised form of NADP?
NADP+
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What is the reduced form of NADP?
NADPH + H+
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What is the oxidised form of FAD?
FAD
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What is the reduced form of FAD?
FAD2H
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When are catabolic pathways generally activated?
When the concentration of ATP falls, and concentrations of ADP/AMP increase
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When do anabolic pathways tend to be activated?
When the concentration of ATP rises
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Why is ATP known as a high energy signal?
Because it signals that the cell has adequate energy levels for its immediate needs
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Other than ATP, what else are high energy signals?
* NADH * NADPH * FAD2H
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Why are NADH, NADPH, and FAD2H high energy signals?
Because high concentrations of these molecules mean reducing power is available for anabolism
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What molecules are low-energy signals?
* ADP and AMP * NAD+ * NADP+ * FAD

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