Bioenergetics Reactions Module 4
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What is bioenergetics?

The study of energy in living systems (environments) and the organisms (plants and animals) that utilize them.

Energy is required by all organisms.

True

What are the two main types of energy?

  • Solar and mechanical
  • Heat and light
  • Electrical and chemical
  • Kinetic and potential (correct)

    • Give two examples of kinetic energy.

    <p>Heat and light energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of energy is stored in chemical bonds?

    <p>Potential energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of energy reaction requires a net input of energy?

    <p>Endergonic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the energy reaction that releases energy?

    <p>Exergonic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the process that generates ATP by extracting energy from sugars, fats, and other fuels with the help of oxygen?

    <p>Cellular respiration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where is photosynthesis carried out in plants?

    <p>Chloroplasts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Mitochondria and chloroplasts change energy from one form to another.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Mitochondria are found in nearly all eukaryotic cells, including which of these:

    <p>Protists</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Mitochondria have a single large mitochondrion.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the process that converts light energy into chemical energy?

    <p>Photosynthesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a compartment found in chloroplasts?

    <p>Golgi apparatus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of peroxisomes?

    <p>Peroxisomes are specialized metabolic compartments that transfer hydrogen from various substances to oxygen, producing hydrogen peroxide as a by-product.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is metabolism?

    <p>The sum total of the chemical activities of all cells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of metabolic pathway consumes energy to build complicated molecules?

    <p>Anabolic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of metabolic pathway releases energy by breaking down complex molecules?

    <p>Catabolic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main energy currency of cells?

    <p>Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three components of ATP?

    <p>Adenine, ribose, phosphate group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The last phosphate group (PO4) in ATP contains the most energy.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process called when ATP is broken down to release energy?

    <p>Phosphorylation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The enzyme ATP-ase can weaken and break the last PO4 bond in ATP, releasing energy and free PO4.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do organisms use ATP?

    <p>Organisms use enzymes to break down energy-rich glucose to release its potential energy, and then trap and store this energy in the form of ATP.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    It is estimated that each cell will generate and consume approximately 10,000,000 molecules of ATP per second.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does ATP work in coupled reactions?

    <p>The exergonic hydrolysis of ATP is coupled with the endergonic dehydration process by transferring a phosphate group to another molecule.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the chemical equation for the hydrolysis of ATP?

    <p>ATP + H2O → ADP + P (exergonic)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Hydrolysis of ATP is an endergonic reaction.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Dehydration of ATP is an endergonic reaction.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the chemical equation for the dehydration of ATP?

    <p>ADP + P → ATP + H2O (endergonic)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Module 4: Bioenergetics Reactions

    • Bioenergetics is the study of energy in living systems and the organisms that utilize them.
    • Energy is required by all organisms.
    • Energy can be kinetic or potential.

    Kinetic Energy

    • Kinetic energy is the energy of motion.
    • Examples of kinetic energy include heat and light energy.

    Potential Energy

    • Potential energy is energy of position.
    • Potential energy is stored in chemical bonds.

    Two Types of Energy Reactions

    • Endergonic reactions:
      • Require a net input of energy.
      • Example: Photosynthesis.
      • The equation for Photosynthesis is: 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2.
    • Exergonic reactions:
      • Release energy.
      • Example: Cellular respiration.
      • The equation for Cellular Respiration is: C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP.

    Mitochondria and Chloroplasts

    • Mitochondria are sites of cellular respiration, generating ATP by extracting energy from sugars, fats, and other fuels using oxygen.
    • Chloroplasts are found in plants and algae, carrying out photosynthesis. They convert light energy into chemical energy.
    • Both organelles are enclosed by membranes; mitochondria have two, while chloroplasts also have two.

    Mitochondria: Chemical Energy Conversion

    • Mitochondria are found in nearly all eukaryotic cells (plants, animals, fungi, and most protists).
    • Some cells may have only one large mitochondrion, others have hundreds or thousands.
    • Mitochondria are enclosed by two membranes, each a phospholipid bilayer with unique embedded proteins.

    2 Membranes of Mitochondria

    • Outer Membrane: smooth membrane.
    • Inner Membrane: convoluted with infoldings called cristae.
    • Intermembrane Space: the narrow region between the inner and outer membranes.
    • Mitochondrial Matrix: enclosed by the inner membrane.

    Chloroplasts: Capture of Light

    • Chloroplasts are a specialized family member of plastids.
    • Amyloplasts store amylose, primarily in roots and tubers.
    • Other plastids contain pigments, giving fruits and flowers their colors.

    Inside Chloroplast

    • Thylakoids are interconnected, flattened sacs.
    • In some regions, thylakoids are stacked, forming grana.
    • The fluid outside the thylakoids is called stroma, which contains chloroplast DNA and ribosomes, along with enzymes.
    • Chloroplasts have three compartments: intermembrane space, stroma, and thylakoid space.

    Peroxisomes: Oxidation

    • Peroxisomes are specialized metabolic compartments bounded by a single membrane.
    • They contain enzymes that transfer hydrogen from various substances to oxygen, producing hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂).
    • In the liver, peroxisomes detoxify alcohol and other harmful components by transferring hydrogen from the poisons to oxygen.
    • Glyoxysomes are specialized peroxisomes found in fat-storing tissues of plant seeds, initiating the conversion of fatty acids to sugar.

    Metabolism

    • Metabolism is the sum total of all chemical activities in an organism's cells.
    • Two types of metabolism:
      • Anabolic pathways: consume energy (endergonic), building complex molecules from simpler ones. Example: Photosynthesis.
      • Catabolic pathways: release energy (exergonic), breaking down complex molecules into simpler ones. Example: Cellular respiration.

    Anabolic and Catabolic Pathways

    • Photosynthesis: 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2
    • Cellular Respiration: C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP

    Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)

    • ATP structure: adenine, ribose, and a chain of three phosphate groups.
    • Three phosphate groups, two with high-energy bonds.
    • The last phosphate group (PO₄) contains the most energy.

    Breaking the Bonds of ATP

    • Process is called phosphorylation.
    • Occurs in cells continuously.
    • Enzyme ATP-ase weakens and breaks the last PO₄ bond of ATP, releasing energy and free PO₄.

    How Does ATP Work?

    • Organisms use enzymes to break down glucose (rich in energy) to release its potential energy.
    • This energy is trapped and stored in ATP.

    How Much ATP Do Cells Use?

    • Each cell generates and consumes approximately 10,000,000 ATP molecules per second.

    Coupled Reaction - ATP

    • Exergonic hydrolysis of ATP is coupled with endergonic dehydration processes by transferring a phosphate group to another molecule.

    Hydrolysis of ATP

    • ATP + H₂O → ADP + P (exergonic)
    • Breaking the bond between the last two phosphate groups releases energy, useful for other biochemical processes

    Hydrolysis is Exergonic

    Dehydration of ATP

    • ADP + P → ATP + H₂O (endergonic)
    • The process of adding a phosphate group to ADP to form ATP, requires energy and is known as dehydration.

    Dehydration is Endergonic

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