Review Concepts  In Chapter 3 – Bioenergetics

 

Please fill in the blanks of these study statements as a guide to understanding the content of Chapter 3. Back to Home Page in PE 3317

 

By definition, an ______________ reaction is a chemical reaction that requires energy to be added to the reactants before the reaction will take place.

 

Reactions that are linked together, with the liberation of free energy in one reaction  is a __________  ______________.

 

Enzymes are catalysts that ___________ the rate of reactions by ___________ the energy of activation.

 

Elevated blood levels of ____________ _______________ may assist in the diagnosis of a medical condition known as myocardial infarction.

 

Enzymes that catalyze reactions in which the cleavage of bonds is accomplished by adding water

describes the function of the Ò______________Ó category of enzymes.

 

Glycogen are stored _________________ in muscle and other tissues in animals.

 

Neutral fats that are stored in muscle and other tissues and play an important role as an energy substrate are __________________.

 

The most important high-energy phosphate compound in the muscle cell is ______.

 

The simplest and most rapid method to produce ATP during exercise is through the _____________ system.

 

The principal function of glycolysis is to degrade glucose or glycogen into __________ _______ or ___________ ________ and produce ATP.

 

The net production of ATP via substrate-level phosphorylation in glycolysis is _______ ATP if glucose is the substrate and ______ ATP if glycogen is the substrate.

 

The two most important hydrogen (electron) carriers in bioenergetic chemical reactions are _______ and _______.

 

The primary function of the Krebs cycle is to complete the _____________of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins (i.e., form NADH and FADH).

 

Aerobic production of ATP occurs in the _________________ (i.e., electron transport chain) in a process called oxidative phosphorylation.

 

Each pair of electrons passed through the electron transport chain from NADH to oxygen releases enough energy to form ________ ATP.

 

The total ATP production via aerobic breakdown of glucose is _______ ATP

 

The calculated efficiency for aerobic respiration is approximately ______%.

 

The breakdown of ____________ phosphate is regulated by ADP concentration in the cytoplasm

 

The most important rate limiting enzyme in glycolysis is ____________________.

 

The rate limiting enzyme in the Krebs cycle is ____________  ________________.

 

In general, the higher the intensity of the activity, the greater the contribution of ____________ energy production

 

The enzyme responsible for the aerobic synthesis of ATP (located within the mitochondria) is _________ ______________.

 

The chemical reaction that involves pyruvate and lactate may require either ____________ or _____________ of a coenzyme, and the direction depends on the relative concentrations of the reactants.

 

The enzyme-substrate complex is best described by the _________ and _________ model.

 

The caloric (Kcal) yield of one gram of protein added to that of one gram of carbohydrate is less than the caloric yield of one gram of __________.

 

The enzyme responsible for removing energy from the most common high-energy phosphate compound is ______________ ____________.

 

The accumulation of ATP would inhibit glycolysis by affecting its rate limiting enzyme _____________________

 

The old ATP tally differs from the new ATP tally in that old tally is greater and requires ____________ H+ to make one ATP

 

The complete metabolism (through the end of the TCA cycle) of 5 molecules of glucose would produce a total of __________ NADH+H.

 

The primary purpose of the Krebs cycle is to complete the oxidation of foodstuffs using ________ and ___________ as hydrogen (electron) carriers.

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