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Metabolism - Krebs Cycle
Biology 200 Lecture Notes
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
07/20/2011

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What are the two ways to harvest redox energy in the Krebs cycle?
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1) Cleave a carbon, oxidizing carbon to CO2.
2) Oxidize bonds in a carbon containing molecule.
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How many redox reactions occur within the Krebs cycle to fuel the mitochondria with reducing equivalents?
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Where do all 8 reactions of the Krebs cycle take place?
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Mitochondrial matrix.
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How does the Krebs process vary betweeen eukaryotes and prokaryotes?
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Prokaryotes have no organelles, and all reactions happen in the cytoplasm. Prokaryotic cells run the ETC and ATP synthase in the plasma membrane.
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