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1 How Cells Harvest Energy Chapter 9
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2 Outline Cellular Energy Harvest Cellular Respiration – Glycolysis – Oxidation of Pyruvate – Krebs Cycle – Electron Transport Chain Catabolism of Protein and Fat Fermentation Evolution of Metabolism
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3 Chemical Energy to Drive Metabolism Autotrophs harvest sunlight and convert radiant energy into chemical energy. Heterotrophs live off the energy produced by autotrophs. – extract energy from food via digestion and catabolism
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4 Cellular Respiration Cells harvest energy by breaking bonds and shifting electrons from one molecule to another. – aerobic respiration - final electron acceptor is oxygen – anaerobic respiration - final electron acceptor is inorganic molecule other than oxygen – fermentation - final electron acceptor is an organic molecule
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5 ATP Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) is the energy currency of the cell. – used to drive movement – used to drive endergonic reactions
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6 ATP Most of the ATP produced in cells is made by the enzyme ATP synthase. – Enzyme is embedded in the membrane and provides a channel through which protons can cross the membrane down their concentration gradient. ATP synthesis is achieved by a rotary motor driven by a gradient of protons.
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7 Glucose Catabolism Cells catabolize organic molecules and produce ATP in two ways: – substrate-level phosphorylation – aerobic respiration in most organisms, both are combined glycolysis pyruvate oxidation Krebs cycle electron transport chain
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8 Aerobic Respiration
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9 Stage One - Glycolysis For each molecule of glucose that passes through glycolysis, the cell nets two ATP molecules. Priming – glucose priming – cleavage and rearrangement Substrate-level phosphorylation – oxidation – ATP generation
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10 Priming Reactions
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11 Cleavage Reactions
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12 Energy-Harvesting Reactions
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13 Recycling NADH As long as food molecules are available to be converted into glucose, a cell can produce ATP. – Continual production creates NADH accumulation and NAD + depletion. NADH must be recycled into NAD +. aerobic respiration fermentation
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14 Recycling NADH
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15 Stage Two - Oxidation of Pyruvate Within mitochondria, pyruvate is decarboxylated, yielding acetyl-CoA, NADH, and CO 2.
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16 Stage Three - Krebs Cycle Acetyl-CoA is oxidized in a series of nine reactions. – two steps: priming energy extraction
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18 Krebs Cycle 1: Condensation 2-3: Isomerization 4: First oxidation 5: Second oxidation 6: Substrate-level phosphorylation 7: Third oxidation 8-9: Regeneration and oxaloacetate
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19 Harvesting Energy by Extracting Electrons Glucose catabolism involves a series of oxidation-reduction reactions that release energy by repositioning electrons closer to oxygen atoms. – Energy is harvested from glucose molecules in gradual steps, using NAD + as an electron carrier.
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20 Electron Transport
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21 Stage Four: The Electron Transport Chain NADH molecules carry electrons to the inner mitochondrial membrane, where they transfer electrons to a series of membrane- associated proteins.
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22 Electron Transport Chain
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23 Chemiosmosis
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24 Theoretical ATP Yield of Aerobic Respiration
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25 Regulating Aerobic Respiration Control of glucose catabolism occurs at two key points in the catabolic pathway. – glycolysis - phosphofructokinase – Krebs cycle - citrate synthetase
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27 Control of Glucose Catabolism
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28 Catabolism of Proteins and Fats Proteins are utilized by deaminating their amino acids, and then metabolizing the product. Fats are utilized by beta-oxidation.
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29 Cellular Extraction of Chemical Energy
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30 Fermentation Electrons that result from the glycolytic breakdown of glucose are donated to an organic molecule. – regenerates NAD + from NADH ethanol fermentation lactic acid fermentation
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31 Evolution of Cellular Respiration degradation glycolysis anaerobic photosynthesis oxygen-forming photosynthesis nitrogen fixation aerobic respiration
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32 Summary Cellular Energy Harvest Cellular Respiration – Glycolysis – Oxidation of Pyruvate – Krebs Cycle – Electron Transport Chain Catabolism of Protein and Fat Fermentation Evolution of Metabolism
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