Verified Answers
NADH (NAD+) - ANSWER Used in oxidation to NAD+ for synthesis of
ATP and donation of electrons more readily from covalent bonds
Gene Regulation - ANSWER The turning on and off of genes
Cellular Regulation - ANSWER Cell-signaling pathways like
hormones
Biochemical Regulation - ANSWER A molecule noncovalently
binds to enzyme to activate or inhibit that enzyme
Competitive Inhibitors - ANSWER Bind to the active site and
inhibit the ability of the substrate to bind
Noncompetitive Inhibitors - ANSWER Bind outside the active site
and inhibit the enzyme's function
Allosteric Inhibition - ANSWER Molecule binds to a site other than the
active site and causes a conformational change in the enzyme
Feedback Inhibition - ANSWER Product of the pathways is an
allosteric inhibitor of an early enzyme in the pathway
Cellular Respiration - ANSWER Process by which living cells
obtain energy from organic molecules
Glycolysis - ANSWER The breakdown of glucose by enzymes,
releasing energy and pyruvic acid; can occur in aerobic and
anaerobic conditions; 10 steps
Breakdown of Pyruvate - ANSWER Pyruvate is transported to matrix
and broken down by pyruvate dehydrogenase For each pyruvate:
, - One CO2 is removed
- Acetyl group is attached to coenzyme A (makes acetyl co-A)
- One NADH is produced
Citric Acid Cycle - ANSWER Completes the breakdown of
glucose by oxidizing a derivative of pyruvate to carbon dioxide
Oxidative Phosphorylation - ANSWER High energy electrons are
removed from NADH and FADH2 to make more ATP by
phosphorylation of ADP
Electron Transport Chain - ANSWER A group of protein complexes and
small organic molecules embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane
(accept and release electrons); oxygen is final electron acceptor
H+ Electrochemical Gradient - ANSWER A transmembrane gradient for
H+ composed of both a membrane potential and a concentration difference
for H+ across a membrane; H+ is higher outside the matrix
Chemiosmosis - ANSWER chemical synthesis of ATP as a
result of pushing H+ across a membrane
Photosynthesis - ANSWER Energy from light is captured and
used to synthesize glucose and other organic molecules
Heterotroph - ANSWER An organism that cannot make its own
food.
Autotroph - ANSWER An organism that makes its own food
Photoautotroph - ANSWER Organism that uses energy from
sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water to carbon
compounds
Chloroplasts - ANSWER Site of photosynthesis; majority of
photosynthesis occurs in leaves in the mesophyll layer