Bio - Q2
Bio - Q2
FUNCTIONS:
- Chemical work: synthesis of polymers from monomers (pushing of endergonic
reactions)
- Transport work: pumping of substances across membranes (against the direction of
spontaneous movement) ACTIVE TRANSPORT
- Mechanical work: beating of cilia, contraction of muscles
- Also used to make RNA (since ATP is used as one of the nucleoside triphosphate)
ATP HYDROLYSIS
- Process of breaking down bonds between the phosphate groups
- Water molecule breaks the terminal phosphate bond
- Form of dephosphorylation
- Catabolic reaction (exergonic - releases energy)
- Forms Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) -inorganic phosphate (Pi) -Free energy is released
- 1) Alpha Phosphate Group, 2) Gamma phosphate group, 3) Beta phosphate group
Last bond will break; Gamma Phosphate group and Beta phosphate group will break.
- Hydrolysis releases so much energy because of the negative charges of the phosphate
groups
- They break up bonds because negatives charges repel each other
- ATPs are unstable enough to produce energy (?)
- Hydrolysis of ATP leads to change in the shape of protein and in its ability to bind to
another molecule.
ENERGY COUPLING is the pairing of two biological reactions where one generates energy as
in its process while another consumes energy to continue its process
- Energy generated from one reaction is used to drive the second reaction
- All activated by ATP
- Energy does this by Energy Coupling
Gibbs free energy (G) - quantity that is used to measure the maximum amount of work done in a
thermodynamic system
Entropy (S) - the measurement of a system’s thermal energy per unit temperature
- Total energy; released in the environment (energy lost)
Enthalpy - under endo and exothermic
Gibbs free energy and Entropy is inversely proportional
UNCOUPLED REACTION:
Glucose and Fructose were paired, which results to Sucrose.
COUPLED REACTION:
1st reaction: Glucose were paired with ATP, which results to a
shared-intermediate, Glucose-P (1 phosphate from ATP was
attached to glucose, so ATP became ADP)
2nd reaction: Glucose-P is the product of the first reaction,
therefore it will be used for the 2nd reaction. It was paired with
fructose, so, it resulted to sucrose and an inorganic phosphate.
UPDATE: VVV difference is the presence of shared-intermediate
The difference between Energy Coupling and Reaction Coupling
is the reactant used in the first (?) and second reaction.
ENERGY COUPLING - uses energy
REACTION COUPLING - uses the product from the 1st reaction
Energy Coupling plays an important role in balancing the two types of metabolism; Anabolism
and catabolism
LESSON 2: PIGMENTS
(From exercise)
Pigments are substances that absorb visible light; different pigment absorb light of different
wavelengths
Chlorophyll is the greenish pigment found in the thylakoid membrane inside the chloroplast of
a plant cell.
AUTOTROPH- primary producer; can produce its own food using light, water, CO2 and
other chemicals
Autotrophic organisms use chlorophyll to harvest solar energy to produce the stored energy as
chemical bonds of ATP and carbohydrates.
Chlorophyll is associated with thylakoid membranes of the chloroplast
Photosynthesis in eukaryotes
- Energy absorption from sunlight via pigments during light-dependent reaction
- Reactivation of reaction center
- Carbohydrates production by carbon fixation during dark reaction
DURING PHOTOSYNTHESIS
- Energy from sunlight is harvested and used to drive the synthesis of glucose from CO2
and H2O. (used to create ATP and NADPH)
- By converting the energy of sunlight to a usable form of potential chemical energy,
photosynthesis is the ultimate source of metabolic energy for all biological systems.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS is the ultimate source of metabolic energy for all biological systems since
plants are producers; they produce(?) chemical energy
- Through photosynthesis, they are able to provide metabolic energy - carbohydrates to
different organisms
Metabolic energy is important in the production; in the flow of metabolic energy throughout the biological
systems
Produced chemical energy could be used by all organisms
- They start the life on Earth
- LIGHT REACTION -
energy from sunlight drives the
synthesis of ATP and NADPH,
coupled to the formation of O2
from H2O
- DARK REACTION -
do not require sunlight; the ATP
and NADPH produced by the light
reactions drive glucose synthesis.
LIGHT REACTION
- Light dependent
- Catabolic (since they are the ones releasing ATP)
- Undergo electron transfer chain
- Takes place in thylakoid space/membrane
DARK REACTION/CALVIN CYCLE
- Light independent
- Anabolic (since they take-in energy)
- Uses energy from the catabolic reaction/light
reaction (ATP and NADPH produced from Light reaction)
- Takes place in Stroma
LIGHT REACTION EVENTS:
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1.) Light enters a pigment molecule then passed onto other nearby pigment molecules in
photosystem II until it makes it to the reaction center where it is absorbed by the P680
special pair of chlorophyll a.
2.) Electron in P680 is raised to an excited state (excited electron) and is transferred to
the primary acceptor.
3.) Positively charged molecules attracts electrons from a water molecule, resulting to the
splitting up of H2O into two electrons, two hydrogen ions (H+), and an oxygen atom. The
oxygen atom combines with another oxygen atom to form O2, which is then released
outside the leaf through the stomata.
4.) Excited electrons are passed on from primary acceptor to the electron carrier
molecules through the electron transport chain until they reach photosystem 1. The
electron carrier molecules; plastoquinone (Pq), a cytochrome complex, and
plastocyanin (Pc).
5.) At each transfer, electrons release small amounts
of energy and these are used to pump hydrogen ions
across the membrane. The splitting up of water
molecules results to an uneven distribution of hydrogen
ions in the stroma (4H+) and the lumen (4H+ and another 2H+
from H2O so it becomes 6H+). A membrane protein called ATP
synthase equalize the distributions of H+ by moving it
from the lumen to the stroma. This process is called
chemiosmosis; movement of hydrogen ions through the
ATP synthase triggers the synthesis of ATP from ADP.
6.) The same thing also happens in photosystem I. Photon is absorbed and energy is
passed on from one pigment molecule to another until it reaches the reaction center
and absorbed by the P700 special pair. Energy in here excites the electron present in
the pair of P700. The excited electron is then transferred to a primary acceptor.
7.) The excited electron from the primary acceptor (Photosystem I) enters another electron
transfer chain, passing the electron to an iron-containing protein called ferredoxin (Fd).
8.) An enzyme, the NADP+ reductase, then transfers the electron to NADP+ and stabilizes
it by adding a proton (H+) to form NADPH. NADPH is then released to the stroma and
becomes part of the Calvin Cycle.
PRODUCTS:
O2 is released
PRODUCTS (?)
- Glucose; Starch; Cellulose; G3P
LESSON 5: CELLULAR RESPIRATION (GLYCOLYSIS)
From exercise
Ultimately, most of the energy that is utilized by the living organisms of every ecosystem comes
from sun. TRUE
Glycolysis can work without the presence of oxygen. TRUE
CELLULAR RESPIRATION- the process by which organisms combine oxygen with foodstuff
molecules, diverting the chemical energy in these substances into life-sustaining activities and
discarding, as waste products, carbon dioxide and water.
- Organisms that do not depend on oxygen degrade foodstuffs in a process called
fermentation.
- The process of taking in oxygen and releasing CO2; exchange of gases in respiratory
system
STAGES OF CELLULAR RESPIRATION:
- Glycolysis (takes place in cytoplasm or cytosol/doesn’t require O2)
- Krebs Cycle/Citric Acid Cycle (inside the mitochondria /requires O2)
- Electron Transport Chain/Oxidative Phosphorylation (inside the mitochondria and chloroplast
(?)/requires O2(ata))
GLYCOLYSIS- It is a sequence of 10 chemical reactions taking place in most cells that breaks
down a glucose molecule into two pyruvate (pyruvic acid) molecules.
- Requires 2 ATPs(in Investment phase)
- Generates 4 ATPs(in Pay-off phase)
- It is an Anaerobic process
- Is a source of ATP and NADH
- It is important because it is the metabolic pathway through which glucose respiration
converts(?) into (?) cellular energy.
- It is the first stage of cellular respiration
- If an oxygen is present, aerobic respiration will occur (glycolysis → krebs cycle → ETC)
- If an oxygen is not present, anaerobic respiration will occur (glycolysis → fermentation)
- It takes place in cytosol; matrix of cytoplasm
PRODUCTS
- 2 ATP
- 2 NADH
- 2 Pyruvate
enzymes:
1.) Hexokinase
Enzymes:
6.) Triose phosphate dehydrogenase / G3P Dehydrogenase
7.) Phosphoglycerate Kinase
8.) Phosphoglycerate Mutase
9.) Enulase
10.) Pyruvate Kinase
Glucose → Glucose 6-phosphate → Fructose 6-phosphate → Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate → dehydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP)
→ G3P → 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate → 3-phosphoglycerate → 2-phosphoglycerate → phosphoenol-pyruvate (PEP) → Pyruvate
STEP 1 - ATP → ADP STEP 3 - ATP → ADP STEP 6 - 2NAD+ → 2NADH + 2H+ STEP 7 - 2ADP → 2ATP
STEP 10 - 2ADP → 2ATP
AEROBIC RESPIRATION- glycolysis → (pyruvic acid molecules enters mitochondria) → Krebs Cycle → ETC
- This process requires oxygen
- During this process, the glucose molecule is broken down and the carbon atoms
released from glucose are combined with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide.
ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION- glycolysis (pyruvic acid is converted to-) → Fermentation (-Lactic acid/Ethanol)
- This process does not require oxygen
- There is a production of two ATP molecules for each glucose molecule.
PYRUVATE OXIDATION- a process that links glycolysis and Krebs Cycle by processing the
pyruvate molecules into Acetyl Coenzyme A.
- It starts upon entry of the pyruvate molecules
into the mitochondrion by the Transport
protein.
Pyruvate → Acetyl CoA
Add: There are 2 pyruvates produced from glycolysis, so this process will
occur twice, and therefore, 2 NADH is produced. (?)
RESULTING PRODUCTS:
- 2 ATP
- 2 FADH2
- 6 NADH
- 4 CO2 (?)
TYPES OF PHOSPHORYLATION
SUBSTRATE-LEVEL PHOSPHORYLATION- a phosphoryl group is transferred from an
energy-rich donor (e.g., 1,3-diphosphoglycerate) to ADP to yield a molecule of ATP.
- Uses NAD to break down certain chemicals (?)
- Used to bond phosphate groups
- Form a chemical reaction then goes to phosphorylation
OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION- Formation of ATP via the transfer of electrons.
- Also known as respiratory chain phosphorylation
- Diffusion of (?)
- Process of ATP formation
- Electron Transport Chain (ETC) + Chemiosmosis
- Developing an electromagnetic gradient
- Takes place in inner mitochondrial membrane
LESSON 8: FERMENTATION
FERMENTATION- is a way of harvesting chemical energy without using either oxygen or any
electron transport chain – in other words, without cellular respiration.
- Simplest way to produce ATP
- Glucose is partially oxidized
TWO TYPES OF FERMENTATION
ALCOHOL FERMENTATION
- Pyruvate is converted to ethanol (ethyl alcohol) in two
steps:
1) Release CO2 from the pyruvate → acetaldehyde
(2 carbon compound)
2) Acetaldehyde is reduced by NADH → Ethanol
- This regenerates the supply of NAD+ needed for the
continuation of glycolysis
- Yeast carries out alcohol fermentation (used in brewing,
winemaking, and baking)
- CO2 bubbles generated by baker’s yeast during alcohol fermentation allow bread to rise.
PRODUCTS:
Alcohol: Ethanol and CO2
Lactic Acid: Lactate
ENZYMES:
Light Reaction: NADP+ reductase
Oxidative phosphorylation (specifically in chemiosmosis): ATP synthase
Calvin Cycle: Rubisco
LOCATIONS:
Light Reaction: Thylakoid membrane
Calvin Cycle: Stroma
Glycolysis: Cytosol; matrix of cytoplasm
Fermentation: Cytosol; matrix of cytoplasm
Pyruvate oxidation: Mitochondria
Krebs Cycle: Mitochondria
Oxidative Phosphorylation: Inner mitochondrial membrane
Electron transport chain: Mitochondria and Chloroplast (ETC is included in Oxidative phosphorylation)
Only 1 molecule of G3P will be released — organic compounds (Glucose, starch, cellulose)
and the 5 G3Ps will be used for phase 3 (Regeneration of RuBP)