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How are membranes held together?

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weak hydrophobic interactions

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Which type of fat makes it hard for membranes to solidify?

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unsaturated because the extra carbon bonds cause kinks in the tails that change the structure

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What does cholesterol do in animal cell membranes?

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reduces membrane fluidity at moderate temperatures by reducing phospholipid movement and also makes sure membranes do not solidify at low temperatures.

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What are peripheral proteins?

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proteins bound to the membrane surface

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What are integral proteins?

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they penetrate hydrophobic core

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What are transmembrane proteins?

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span the membrane

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What does the plasma membrane do?

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controls the exchange of materials between the cell and its surroundings

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What is the fluid mosaic model?

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explains how membranes regulate molecular traffic across the membrane

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What do carrier proteins do?

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they undergo subtle changes that moves the solute-binding site across the membrane

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What is exocytosis?

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when transport vesicles migrate to the membrane, fuse with it, and release their contents outside the cell (used in a lot of secretory cells)

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What is endocytosis?

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macromolecules that are taken into the cell in vesicles (phagocytosis and pinocytosis)

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What happens in a metabolic pathway?

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a molecule is changes in a series of steps to make a product and each step is catalyzed by a specific enzyme

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What are catabolic pathways?

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release energy by breaking down complex molecules into simpler compounds

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What are anabolic pathways?

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consume energy to build complex molecules from simpler ones

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What is the first law of thermodynamics?

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the energy of the universe is constant - energy can be transferred or transformed but cannot be created or destroyed

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What is the second law of thermodynamics?

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as energy is transferred/transformed, some energy gets lost as heat cannot do work

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What do exergonic reactions do?

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release energy to surroundings

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What do endergonic reactions do?

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absorb free energy from surroundings

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What are the three main kinds of work that a cell does?

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chemical work, transport work, mechanical work

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What is energy coupling?

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the use of exergonic processes to drive endergonic ones

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How do enzymes work?

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lowers the activation energy of a reaction so it will happen faster

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What is the reactant that an enzyme acts on?

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substrate

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What influences enzyme activity?

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temperature and pH

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What are cofactors?

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nonprotein helpers

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When do enzyme inhibitors become permanent?
when the inhibitor forms covalent bonds
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How do competitive inhibitors work?
block the substrate from entering the active site
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How do noncompetitive inhibitors work?
bind to a part away from the active site to change the shape of the active site
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What is allosteric regulation of enzymes?
occurs when a regulatory molecule binds to a protein at one site and affects the proteins function at another site
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What is cooperativity?
happens when a substrate binds to one active site and triggers a shape change in the enzyme that stabilizes the active form for all other sites
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What is feedback inhibition?
the end product of a metabolic pathway shuts down the pathway to prevent wasting
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Where is cellular respiration performed?
in the mitochondria
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What happens in oxidation?
loss of electrons
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what happens in reduction?
gain of electrons
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Why does cellular respiration happen in a series of steps?
to slow down the conversion of energy and make it manageable and controlled
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What do dehydrogenases do?
remove a pair of hydrogen atoms from the substrate
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Where does the electron transport chain take place?
the inner membrane of the mitochondria
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What does NADH do in the electron transport chain?
passes the electrons to the transport chain where they can be transferred in a series of small and manageable redox reactions
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What is the final electron acceptor?
O2
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What are the three stages of cellular respiration?
1. glycolysis 2. pyruvate oxidation and the citric acid cycle 3. oxidative phosphorylation, electron transport chain, and chemiosmosis
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When does substrate level phosphorylation occur?
in glycolysis and the citric acid cycle
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How does substrate level phosphorylation work?
when an enzyme helps make ATP - the substrate has the extra phosphate that is added to ADP to make ATP
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Where does glycolysis take place?
the cytoplasm
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What is the energy investment phase of glycolysis?
when 2 ATP are used to split glucose into 2 pyruvates
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What is the energy payoff phase in glycolysis?
when 4 ATP are made and 2 NAD+ are reduced into NADH, producing oxidized pyruvate and water
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What is the preparatory reaction?
when pyruvate is converted to acetyl CoA in the mitochondria before entering the citric acid cycle
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What are the three steps in the preparatory reactions?
1. the pyruvate releases its first CO2 2. NAD+ is reduced to NADH 3. coenzyme A is added to make acetyl CoA
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What does the citric acid cycle do?
oxidizes pyruvate and produces 1 ATP, 3 NADH and 1 FADH2 PER PYRUVATE MOLECULE (so double number for products from one glucose molecule)
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What two molecules hold most of the energy from glucose?
NADH and FADH2
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What do NADH and FADH2 do for the electron transport chain?
donates their electrons to power ATP synthesis through oxidative phosphorylation
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Does the electron transport chain directly produce ATP?
No, the electrons that are passed down pumps H+ ions from the mitochondrial matrix to the inter membrane space
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describe the process of chemiosmosis
H+ moving back and forth across protein complexes until it moves into binding sites on the rotor of ATP synthase, causing it to spin in a way that catalyzes phosphorylation
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Is all the energy in a glucose molecule transferred to ATP?
No, only 34% is as the rest is lost as heat
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What does a cell do if there is no oxygen for cellular respiration?
uses glycolysis and then anaerobic respiration/fermentation
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What are the final electron acceptors of anaerobic respiration?
alcohol, lactic acid, sulfate ion
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What are the two steps of alcohol fermentation?
1. releases CO2 from pyruvate 2. Makes NAD+ and ethanol
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What happens in lactic acid fermentation?
pyruvate is reduced directly to form lactate and NAD+ and there is no release of CO2
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