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organism requiring O2 for growth |
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respiration which the final elec accept in the electron transport chain is O2 |
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(Catabolic process) glycolysis produces ethyl alcohol to reoxidize NADH |
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site on an enzyme at which a noncompetitive inhibitor binds |
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pathway that is both anabolic and catabolic |
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synthesis reactions in a living organism, building of complex mol from simple |
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An organism that does not require O2 for growth |
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protein portion of an enzyme which reequires activation by a coenzyme |
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important intracellular source |
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organism that uses CO2 as its principal carbon source |
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Fixation of CO2 into reduced organic cmpds used by autotrophs (see light independent reaction) |
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synthesis of sugars by using carbons from CO2 |
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All decomposition reactions in a living organism (breaking down) |
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substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction but is not altered itself |
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redox reactions in a membrane that generate ATP, final acceptor is usually an inorganic molecule |
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mechanism that uses a proton gradient across a cytoplasmic membrane to generate atp |
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organism that uses an inorganic chem as an energy source and CO2 as a carbon source |
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organism that uses organic molecules as a source of carbon and energy |
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organism that uses ox-redux reactions as its primary energy source |
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photosyntheticpigment that trransfers electrons for photophosphoirylation found in plant, algae and cyanobacteria |
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nonprotein substance that is associated with and that activates an enzyme |
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nonprotein component of an enzyme or acts with others to synergistically enhance or cause disease |
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chemical that competes with the normal substrate for the active site of the enzyme |
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cyclic photophosphorylation |
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movt of an electron from chlorophyll through a series of electron acceptors and back to chlorophyll, anoxygenic, purple and green bacterial |
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change in the molecular structure of a cprotein, usually making it nonfunctional |
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electron transport system |
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series of compounds that transfer electrons from one compound to another generating ATP by oxidative phosphorylation |
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alternate pathway for the oxidation of glucose to pyruvic acid |
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molecule that catalyzes boiochemical reactions in a living organism usually a protein |
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inhibition of an enzyme in a prticular pathway by the accumulation of the product of the pathway...end-product inhibition |
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enzymatic degradation of carbohydrates in which the final electron acceptor is an organic molecule, atp is synthesized by substrate-level phosphorylation & O2 not required |
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method used to determine if a bacterium or yeast ferments a specific carb, usually in a peptone broth containing the carb and a ph indicator and inverted tube to trap gas |
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main pathway for the oxidation of glucose to pyruvic acid, also called embden-meyerhof pathway |
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org that requires an organic carbon source also called organotroph |
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enzyme consisting of an apoenzyme and a cofactor |
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pathway that converts 2 carbon cmpd to CO2 transferring electrons to NAD1 and other carriers, also the TCA cycle or Citric cycle |
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catabolic process, beginning with glycolysis, that produces lactic acid to reoxidize NADH |
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light-dependent reactions |
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process by shich light energy is used to convert ADP and phosphate to ATP
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sequence of enzymatically catalyzed reactions occurring in a cell |
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sum of all the chemical reactions that occur in a living cell |
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coenzyme that functions in the removal and transfer of H ion and electrons from the substrate molecules |
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Noncyclic photophosphorylation |
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movt of an electron from chlorophyll to NAD1 plant and cyanobacterial photophosphorylation |
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removal of electrons from a molecule |
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coupled reaction in which one substance is oxidized and one is reduced called the redox rx |
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pentose phosphate pathway |
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metabolic pathway that can occur simultaneously with glycolysis to produce pentoses and NADH w/out ATP production also called hexose monophosphate shunt |
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production of ATP in a series of redox rx, electrons from chlorophyll initiate the reactions |
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conversion of light energy from the sun into chem energy the light-fueled synthesis of carb from CO2 |
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organism that uses light as its primary energy source |
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same as oxidation-reduction, coupled reaction in which one substance is oxidized and one is reduced |
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addition of electrons to a molecule |
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enzyme consisting of RNA that specifically acts on strands of RNA to remove introns and splice together the remaining exons |
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org that uses light as its energy source and co2 as carbon source |
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organism that uses light as its energy source and organic carbon sourc |
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production of ATP in a series of redox reactions, electrons from chlorophyll initiate the reactions |
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conversion of light energy from the sun into chem energy, the light-fuled synthesis of carb from co2 |
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respiration in which the final electron acceptor in the elec trans chain is an inorganic molecule other than mol o2 |
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light-independent reaction |
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process which light electrons and energy from ATP are used to reduce CO2 to sugar (Calvin Benson Cycle)** |
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