MCDB 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bradypnea, Membrane Potential, Coenzyme Q10

• School: U of M
• Department: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
• Course: MCDB 310
• Professor: Kenneth Balazovich

Document Summary

Oxidative phosphorylation requires four functional protein complexes and an f-type atpase, each of which is composed of many different elements including proteins and prosthetic groups. A lack of function or a lack of synthesis of any one of those elements can have disastrous consequences. This project focuses on cytochrome c, a one electron carrier molecule and incorporates material found in chapters 16 and 19, but also other material from the course and not even in the course! As an electron carrier in oxidative phosphorylation, cytochrome c shuttles two electrons to. 2. (1 point) how is this particular cytochrome chemically (physically) different from other cytochromes?the particular chemical/physical property you need to address is directly associated with its function. Cytochrome c has two thioether bonds involving sulfhydryl groups of cysteine residues. 4. (1 point) the synthesis of cytochromes is complex, yet a very important precursor of cytochromes for heme ring synthesis comes from one of the metabolic pathways you learned.