BIO 3124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pyruvic Acid, Flavoprotein, Organic Compound
15 Sep 2016
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Sugar catalysis vs. light: both is redox reaction to form atp; we make a lot of atp: we make our weight in atp in a day. You can store the products for future use, or use it to make new macromolecules. There are 3 main sources of energy a bacterium can use: sunlight, organic compounds (chemoorganotroph) 3 important electron carriers: nad, nadp, fad: they will carry the electron throughout the cell, they will also carry protons to help with proton motor force. Slide 5: reaction of oxidation reduction reaction. Nad will carry 2 electrons and 1 hydrogen with it. Substrate-level: usually organic compound (enzyme) will convert adp to atp. Oxidative: requires oxygen, majority comes from electron transport chain. By breaking the atp, we get the energy stored from the high energy triphosphate. Granules will store carbons, or glycogen that be used for production of atp. Glucose is most common carbohydrate, and the best one.
