how does Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation, the storage mechanisms and control in carbohydrate metabolism and photosynthesis...

how does Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation, the storage mechanisms and control in carbohydrate metabolism and photosynthesis relate to biochemistry?

Solutions

Expert Solution

Biochemistry essentially deals with the metabolism of an organism.
Metabolism = The entire collection of anabolic and catabolic reactions occurring in a living system.
Metabolism is the defining feature of all living organisms.

Anabolism:
Biosynthetic reactions
Endergonic reactions
Small molecules to large molecules
Ex: Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis involves the reduction of CO2 to carbohydrates with the help of light energy.
It includes light-dependent reactions and light-independent reactions
Light-dependent reactions are concerned with the conversion of photonic to assimilatory energy (ATP and NADPH). It is also known as photophosphorylation.
Light-independent reactions are concerned with the reduction of CO2 to glucose by using assimilatory energy.

Catabolism:
Degradation reactions
Exergonic reactions
Large moelcules to small molecules
Ex: Respiration

Aerobic respiration involves oxidation glucose to CO2. It involves the following steps
1. Glycolysis: Glucose --> Pyruvate
2. Transition reaction: Pyruvate --> Acetyl CoA
3. TCA cycle: Acetyl CoA --> CO2
4. Electron transport chain: NADH + FADH2 + ADP + Pi ------> NAD+ + FAD + H+ + ATP
It is also referred to as oxidative phosphorylation.

When blood glucose levels are high, it is converted to glycogen.
When blood glucose levels are low, glycogen is converted to glucose.

gladiator answered 1 year ago

Next > < Previous

Related Solutions

Art-Ranking Activity: The electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation

Which of the following complexes involved in electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation does NOT directly impact...

Which of the following complexes involved in electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation does NOT directly impact the pH of mitochondrial intermembrane space? A) Complex I B) Complex II C) Complex III D) Complex IV E) Complex V

Which complex involved in electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation does not directly affect the pH of...

Which complex involved in electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation does not directly affect the pH of the mitochondiral intermembrane space? A) Complex I B) Complex II C) Complex III D) Complex IV D) Complex IV E) Complex V

What is the production of ATP both directly and through electron transport/oxidative phosphorylation when: (i) one...

What is the production of ATP both directly and through electron transport/oxidative phosphorylation when: (i) one mole of glucose is converted to two moles of acetyl CoA. (ii) one mole of acetyl CoA is metabolised to CO2 and H2O via the citric acid cycle. (iii) one mole of glucose is completely metabolised to CO2 and H2O via glycolysis, the pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction and the citric acid cycle. How do you calculate this?

Which molecule(s) provide high energy electrons to the electron transport chain in oxidative phosphorylation? a. ATP...

Which molecule(s) provide high energy electrons to the electron transport chain in oxidative phosphorylation? a. ATP b. NADH c. FADH2 d. a and b e. b and c For every molecule of pyruvate oxidized in aerobic cellular respiration ____________ is(are) produced. a. one ethanol and one CO2 molecule b. one acetyl CoA molecule c. one acetyl CoA and one CO2 molecule d. three ATP molecules

Porphyrin ring molecules are critical both for oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria and for photosynthesis in...

Porphyrin ring molecules are critical both for oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria and for photosynthesis in chloroplasts. Compare and contrast the role of this type of molecule in each process. Explain the roles of O2 and H2O in each process as well.

Can organisms use both mechanisms of ATP? (Oxidative Phosphorylation and substrate-level phosphorylation)

From these pathways, the TCA cycle, electron transport chain, oxidative phosphorylation, β-oxidation for fatty acid degradation,...

From these pathways, the TCA cycle, electron transport chain, oxidative phosphorylation, β-oxidation for fatty acid degradation, ketone body metabolism, and lipid biosynthesis which ones are affected by low oxygen? Where in the cell do these pathways occur? Next, explain how reduced oxygen slows each pathway(s) identified. Once oxygen is no longer limiting, energy production resumes. Explain how the concentration of ATP increases with the availability of oxygen (detailed pathways and structures are NOT required). Next explain in detail how ATP...

What is the order of electron flow in oxidative phosphorylation for the electrons coming from NADH?...

What is the order of electron flow in oxidative phosphorylation for the electrons coming from NADH? Additionally, What components in this electron flow are important for the production of ATP and what do these components do that is important?

Because electron transport is coupled to ADP phosphorylation, it is theoretically possible to drive electron backwards...

Because electron transport is coupled to ADP phosphorylation, it is theoretically possible to drive electron backwards in the chain, against the potential gradient, at the expense of ATP. This mechanism has been observed in some organisms. Consider a bacterium at 25 C that can transfer electrons from succinate to NAD+ by means of the transport Succinate + NAD+ = Fumerate + NADH + H+ If the intracellular concentration of phosphate is constant at 10 mM, calculate the [ATP]/[ADP] ratio that...

Subjects