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| capacity to do work, kinetic and potential |
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| First law of thermodynamics |
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| Energy cannot be created or destroyed, Can only change from one form to another |
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| Second law of thermodynamics |
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| Entropy (disorder) is continuously increasing, Energy transformations proceed spontaneously to convert matter from a more ordered/ less stable form to a less ordered/ more stable form |
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G = Energy available to do work
H = enthalpy, energy in a molecule’s chemical bonds
T = absolute temperature
S = entropy, unavailable energy |
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Products have more free energy than reactants;Endergonic – end up with “stored energy”
Not spontaneous (requires input of energy |
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Products have less free energy than reactants; Exergonic – there is a “release” of energy
Spontaneous (may not be instant) |
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| Substances that influence chemical bonds in a way that lowers activation energy |
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| Ribose – 5 carbon sugar, Adenine, Chain of 3 phosphates; Key to energy storage, Bonds are unstable |
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| Most are protein, shape stabilizes a temporary association between substrates, not changed or consumed in reaction, Catalyzes a reaction |
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| Pockets or clefts for substrate binding, Applies stress to distort particular bond to lower activation energy (Induced fit) |
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i.e. Ribozymes; Intramolecular catalysis – catalyze reaction on RNA molecule itself
Intermolecular catalysis – RNA acts on another molecule |
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| substance that binds to enzyme and decreases its activity |
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Competes with substrate for active site
Methanol (formaldehyde&blindness) vs Ethanol |
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Binds to enzyme at a site other than active site
Causes shape change that makes enzyme unable to bind substrate |
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| enzymes exist in active and inactive forms |
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| Most noncompetitive inhibitors... |
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| bind to allosteric site – chemical “on/off” switch |
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| binds to allosteric site and reduces enzyme activity |
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| binds to allosteric site and increases enzyme activity |
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| Total of all chemical reactions carried out by an organism |
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| Anabolic reactions / anabolism |
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| Expend energy to build up molecules (more subject to feedback inhibition) |
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| Catabolic reactions/ catabolism |
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| Harvest energy by breaking down molecules (feedback = heat) |
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End-product of pathway binds to an allosteric site on enzyme that catalyses first reaction in pathway;
Shuts down pathway so raw materials and energy are not wasted |
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