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What are the molecular components of ATP? |
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Adenin, Ribose, and three Phosphates |
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What are the steps of fermentation from sugar to ethanol? |
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1. Pyruvate --> actyladehyde + CO2
2. Acetyladehyde + NADH --> ethanol + NAD+ |
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What is produced for each acetyl-Co molecule that enters the Krebs Cycle? |
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2CO2 , 2 ATP, 3 NADH, 1FADH2 |
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Why is the oxidation of NADH and the synthesis of ATP "coupled" in the mitochondria? |
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NADH is used to generate a proton gradient which is then used to make ATP |
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What is the order of acceptors of electrons in the electron transport chain? |
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1. NADH passes electron to Quinone
2. FADH2 passes electron to Quinone
3. QH2 passes electron to cytochrome c
4. Cytochrom c passes the electron to oxygen |
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Which complexes of the mitochondria produce QH2 (reduced quinone)? |
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If big Macs were the only thing you ate? How many would you need to eat to get your daily amount of require calories ? |
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If we eat a hamburger, how do we catabolize the protein? |
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Through hydrolysis of polypeptides that produces amino acids that are converted to pyruvate and Kreb's cycle intermediates |
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Why do we breathe in oxygen and breathe out CO2? |
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The oxygen is used to make water and the CO2 comes from catabolizing sugars and fats |
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What is the shortest phase of the cell cycle? |
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What are the phases of Mitosis? |
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1. Prophase
2.Metaphase
3. Anaphase
4. Telophase |
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What happens during Prophase? |
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Chromosomes condense, the nuclear envelope breaks down |
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What happens during Metaphase? |
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Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell at the metaphase plate |
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What happens during Anaphase? |
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Chromatids separate, the number of chromosomes double. Chromosomes move to identical poles (There are two identical sets) |
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What happens during Telophase? |
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Nuclear envelope reforms, two nuclei are formed |
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What is the name of the protein complex that connects the microtubules to a chromosome? |
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MPF is composed of cyclin and kinase. During the cell cycle, what happens? |
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The amount of cyclin is maximized at the M-phase and the amount of kinase does not change |
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In which stage of meiosis does recombination of parts of chromosomes occur? |
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In the first meiotic prophase |
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What does it mean to be heterozygous for a particular trait? |
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It has two different alleles for the gene that specifies the trait |
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Hershey and Chase used radioactive isotopes to label bacteriophage and then used these radioactive phage to infect bacteria, what did they find? |
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32P entered the cells indicating that DNA is the genetic material of phage |
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Why is the enzyme DNA ligase required continuously during DNA replication? |
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Fragments of the lagging strand must be joined together |
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What are the phases of the cell cycle? |
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The cell grows and prepares protein for the S phase |
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What happens during the S phase? |
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What happens during the G2 phase? |
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The cell continues to grow and prepares for M phase |
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What is a human cell containing 22 autosomes and a Y chromosome? |
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What is the function of mitosis vs meiosis? |
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Meioisis is to make gametes and mitosis is to make all the other cells |
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Homologous chromosome coming together in pairs during Prophase I |
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During metaphase, what happens in meiosis that is different from mitosis? |
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In meiosis, the homologous chromosomes line up in double lines rather than single |
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What is the products of Meiosis vs. Mitosis? |
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Meiosis makes 4 daughter celss with N chromsome (gametes)
Mitosis makes 2 daughter cells with 2N chromosomes
(somatic cells) |
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How many chromosomes does a human have? |
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It is composed of G1, S phase, and G2 |
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What is cyclin and CDK ( cyclin dependent kinase) purpose in the cell cycle? |
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During the cells life, the cylin builds up and fits into the CDK (MPF made, does work on the cell)
Pushes the cell into the mitotic phase |
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What is cancer caused by? |
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Uncontrolled cell division
From : Excessive growth factors
Turning on of cyclin at the wrong time
Defects in tumor suppressors |
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An example of a metabolic pathway that occurs in almost all organisms (enzymes in the cytosol of a eukaroytic cell)
10 enzymes=10 steps
(Glucose is taken apart one or two atoms at a time) |
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What is glycolysis' function? |
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To make ATP and building blocks for other mlcs |
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What goes in to glycolysis and what comes out? |
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Goes in : ADP, Pi, NAD+
Comes out: 2 pyruvates, 2 ATP's, 2 NADH's
6C--> two 3 C mlcs
Takes place in the cytosol
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Pyruvate + NADH--> Lactic acid + NAD+
when oxygen becomes available lactic acid is used for energy
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What is the use of pyruvate when oxygen is available? |
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Pyruvate + NAD+ + Coenzyme A+ ---> CO2 + NADH + acetly Coenzyme A
takes place in mitochondria |
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What happens during the Krebs Cycle? |
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The acetyl group is used to make more ATP
8enzymes= 8 steps in the pathway |
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What is the function of the Krebs cycle? What goes in and what comes out? |
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Function : to make ATP and building blocks for other mlcs and to take apart the acetyl group in small steps
Goes in: Acetly group + 4C acid---> citrate
Also ...ADP, Pi, FAD, NAD+
Comes out: 4C acid (OAA), 2CO2, 2ATPs, 3NADHs , FADH
takes place in the matrix of the mitochondria |
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What do glycolysis and the Krebs cycle produce? |
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6 CO2
2 ATP
10 NADHs
2 FADH2 |
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What was the "Chemiosmotic hypothesis" that Peter Mitchell proposed? |
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1. NADH is used to pump H+ across the inner mitochondrial membrane, electrons go to oxygen-- drives proton pump
2. An electrochemical gradient for H+ is formed
3. ATP synthesis is done by an enzyme in the membrane that uses the H+ gradient |
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What do the four complexes of the mitochondrial membrane do? |
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Complex I- NADH dehydrogenase
NADH passes electron to Quinone (4 H+ pumped)
Comple II (not a pump)
FADH2 passes electron through to Quinone
Comple III, cytochrome bc 1
QH2 passes electrons to Quinone
(4 H+ pumped)
Complex IV- cytochrome oxidase
Cytochrome passes the electron to oxygen
(4 H+ pumped) |
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How does ATP Synthase work? |
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It uses the electrochemical gradient for protons.
Protons cause the rotor to turn, this changes the shape of of the head group where ADP and Pi are bound-- promoting the synthesis of ATP
For every 3 protons moving through the enzyme, 1 ATP is made.
(Also called ATPase-- rxn is reversible) |
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What are the parts of ATP Synthase? |
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Round head piece- site of ADP and Pi bonding
Stalk and membrane part- rotor
Section that connects the membrane and head group- stator |
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How do we break down the components of a Big Mac to use them as energy? |
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Bun-- chains of glucose broken down by hydrolysis
Goes to glycolysis or stored as glycogen in liver, muscle
Beef Patty--protein, polypeptides broken apart by hydrolysis
--amino acids converted to pyruvate, acetyl groups, or Krebs cycle intermediates
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What is the role of the spindle in the cell cycle? |
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Partitioning depends on a special aparatus made mostly of microtubules and microtubule motors
"spindle" is an arangment of microtubules |
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It is an organzing structure made of special protein
Centrioles are in the center of the microtubules |
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How many kinetochores are on each chromosome? |
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There is one kinetochore for every chromatid, so two on a chromsome
(each side is connected to another pole) |
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Division of the whole cell
Animals- involves actin and myosin, actin forms a ring around the area to be divided, attached to the plasma membrane---myosin causes the ring to contract (the new cell is pinched off)
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A description of an organisms set of chromosomes |
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Genes on the same chromosome that only separate if parts of the chromosome are exchanged during crossing over in meiosis
# of recombinated progeny/ total # of progeny
1%= 1 map unit apart |
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What are the sex chromosomes? What makes a male or female? |
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X & Y ( y has few active genes)
Some genes are sex linked (color blindness, muscular dystophy)
XX female, XY male |
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What is incomplete dominance? |
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Definition
Many flowers show this
Red R , white r
F1-- all are Red Rr
F2-- 1 RR, 2 Rr, 1 rr |
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What is an example of multiple alleles ? |
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ABO blood type.
The three alleles specify what kind of sugar is put on a class of glyolipid in red blood cells
There are three loci and six alleles
AA BB AB Ai, Bi, ii
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What was Griffiths experiment? |
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Definition
He worked with virulent and benign strains of pneumonia
Form R (benign) and S
-experiment showed that information for infection in the S cells was somehow taken up and expressed by the R cells
-R cells were transformed into S cells by the heat-killed S cells |
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What was Avery's experiment? |
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He was looking for a transforming substance
Inactivated only by DNAase
Concluded : DNA carries the genetic information for infection |
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What was Hershey-Chase's experiment? |
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Used a bacterial virus
Found that the S-35 protein from virus is not injected into cells but the P-32 DNA is injected
Concluded: DNA carries genetic info |
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What was Beadle and Tatum's experiment? |
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They worked with Neurospore Crassa
Experiment- isolation of mutants that required different metabolites
They used the mutants to determine order of steps in a metabolic pathway |
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What is the genetic code? |
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Three bases, a codon, that specify an amino acid
ATG- start, endcodes methionine
TAA, TAG, TGA- stop, do not encode for an amino acid |
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They are genes (6-100) That are packaged in a protein coat
They behave like parasites and use cells to reproduce
Cause diseases ( HIV, flu, SARS, hepatitis)
Antibotics do not work on them
Many viruses have RNA genomes |
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What are the reactions that are categorized as substrate level phosphorylation? |
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Glyceraldhyde-P + ADP + NAD+ ---> bis-P glycerate + NADH
bis-P glycerate + ADP ---> P-glycerate + ATP
(Krebs cycle)
Succinyl CoA + Pi + ADP ---> succinate + ATP |
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What are the products of glycolysis and the Kreb's cycle? |
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2FADH2 , 4ATP, 6CO2, 10NADH |
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What happens after glycolysis if no oxygen is present? (In human bodies) |
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pyruvate + NADH --> lactic acid + NAD+ |
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