BIOL130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate, Oxidative Phosphorylation, Acetyl-Coa

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIOL130
• Professor: Heidi Engelhardt

Document Summary

Two types of activated carrier molecules are produced: atp and nadph. Pyruvate transported from cytosol into mitochondrion"s large, matrix. Co2 is oxidized and large amounts of nadh is generated. This is then transported to along a series of enzymes within the mitochondrial inner membrane called the electron transport chain. This process includes the release of energy which leads into producing atp and consuming molecular oxygen. Most of the cells atp is harnessed at this step. **nearly half of energy that could be derived from oxidation of glucose or fatty acids to. H2o and co2 is captured and used to drive the energetically unfavourable reaction. Adp + pi -> atp **: glycolysis is a central atp-producing pathway, lactic acid fermentation: occurs in many bacterial cells in some animal ! cells as well (muscle cells). Lactic acid produced can be converted back into pyruvate when oxygen is available! Glycolysis produces atp without the involvement of oxygen!