Honors: Ch. 6 Cell Respiration - Review Topics

Introduction

  • Energy needs in cells, ATP- ADP cycle
  • Aerobic, anaerobic – organisms, pathways, energy yield
  • Interplay with photosynthesis: reactants, products,energy
  • Gas exchange, glucose delivery and entry into cells
  • Calorie, amount in carbs, fats, and proteins

Mitochondria – compartments, sites for reactions

NAD, FAD - Hydrogen/electron acceptors, their role

3 pathways – where is each in cell, energy yield

Aerobic Respiration

Glycolysis - In cytoplasm

  • Uses 2 ATP; glucose splits
  • Forms 2 pyruvic acid (3 C)
  • forms 4 ATP, NADH
  • Net yield: 2 ATP

Krebs Cycle (Citric Acid cycle)

  • In mitochondrial matrix

Prep: pyruvate forms acetyl CoA and CO2

Cycle Completes glucose breakdown

  • 4-carbon oxaloacetate recycles
  • NAD+ FAD take H+ and e- from glucose
  • Yield: 1 ATP each cycle, 2 per glucose

Electron Transport Chain – In cristae

  • chemiosmosis
  • NADH and FADH2 release H and e-
  • e- passed along series of acceptorproteins
  • H+ gradient powers ATP synthesis
  • OXYGEN + e- + H+  H2O
  • Yield: 32-34 ATP/glucose

Chemiosmosis

  • energy from e- pumps H+ across membrane
  • H+ concentrate in space between membranes
  • H+ diffuse through ATP synthase to make ATP

Total energy from one glucose = 36 ATP

AnaerobicRespiration – when oxygen is NOT present

  • in cytoplasm
  • Glycolysis is followed by fermentation
  • No additional ATP made (2 made in glycolysis)
  • NAD+ is returned, can be used again

Lactic acid Fermentation: pyruvic acid  lactic acid (or other acids)

  • Some bacteria
  • Muscle cells – only temporarily
  • Oxygen debt – muscles cramp and burn – need oxygen

Alcohol Fermentation

  • Yeast
  • Makes ethyl alcohol and CO2

Other Foods

  • Digested to monomers first (must be small enough to enter cells)
  • Fats – burned after glucose and glycogen used up
  • Proteins – last choice, needed for other roles
  • make nitrogen wastes, strain kidneys and liver

Foods NOT used for energy

 raw materials to make other biologic molecules in biosynthesis