Midterm II -- Ch. 8 - Metabolism Flashcards

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Metabolism

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The totality of an organism’s chemical reactions.

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metabolic pathway

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a series of chemical reactions that either builds a complex molecule (anabolic pathway) or breaks down a complex molecule (catabolic pathway).

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catabolic pathways

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metabolic pathways that release energy by breaking down complex molecules to simpler compounds

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anabolic pathways

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consume energy to build complicated molecules from simpler ones; aka biosynthetic pathways.

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kinetic energy

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energy that can be associated with the relative motion of objects.

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heat/thermal energy

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kinetic energy associated w/ the random movement of molecules or atoms.

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potential energy

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energy that is not kinetic; energy that matter posses b/c of its location or structure.

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chemical energy

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potential energy available for release in a chemical reaction.

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thermodynamics

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the study of energy transformations that occur in a collection of matter.

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first law of thermodynamics

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the energy of the universe is constant; Energy can be transferred and transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed.”

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entropy

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a quantity used as a measure of disorder or randomness.

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second law of thermodynamics

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the more randomly arranged a collection of matter is, the greater its entropy; “every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe.”

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spontaneous process

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a process that can occur w/p an input of energy.

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free energy

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the portion of a biological system’s energy that can perform work when temperature and pressure are uniform throughout the system.
know Gibbs free energy formula

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exergonic reaction

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“energy outward”; a spontaneous chemical reaction, in which there is a net release of free energy.

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endergonic reaction

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“energy inward”; a reaction that absorbs free energy from its surroundings.

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energy coupling

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the use of an exergonic process to drive an endergonic one.

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ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

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an adenine-containing nucleoside triphosphate that releases free energy when its phosphate bonds are hydrolyzed; this energy is used to drive endergonic reactions in cells.

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phosphorylated intermediate

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a molecule (often a reactant) w/ a phosphate group covalently bound to it, making it more reactive (less stable) than the unphosphorylated molecule.

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enzyme

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a macromolecule that catalyses/increases the rate of a reaction w/o being consumed by the reaction; most are proteins

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catalyst

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chemical agent that selectively increases the rate of a reaction w/o being consumed by the reaction.

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activation energy

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the initial investment of energy for starting a reaction; the energy required to contort the reactant molecules so the bonds can break; “free energy of activation.”

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substrate

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the reactant an enzyme reacts on.

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enzyme-substrate complex.

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formed when an enzyme binds to its substrates, (when there are two or more reactants).

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active site
a restricted region of the enzyme molecule that binds to the substrate; typically a pocket or groove on the surrounding face of the enzyme where catalysis occurs.
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induced fit
caused by the entry of the substrate, the change in shape of the active site of an enzyme so that it binds more snugly to the substrate.
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cofactors
nonprotein helpers for catalytic activity.
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coenzyme
a cofactor that is an organic molecule.
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competitive inhibitors
a substance that reduces the activity of an enzyme by entering the active site in place of the substrate, whose structure it mimics.
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noncompetitive inhibition
impede enzymatic reactions by binding to another part of the enzyme, NOT to the active site.
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allosteric regulation
a case in which a protein's function at one site is affected by the binding of a regulatory molecule to a separate site.
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cooperativity
mechanism that amplifies the response of enzymes to substrates. ---- a kind of allosteric regulation whereby a shape change in one subunit of a protein caused by substrate binding is transmitted to all other subunits, facilitating binding of additional substrate molecules to those subunits.
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feedback inhibition
a method of metabolic control in which the end product of a metabolic pathway acts as an inhibitor of an enzyme within that pathway.