BIOL 1000 Midterm: answers for test 2.doc
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Note: there is a lot of information in this chapter. You do not need to know all of the specific details described in the carbohydrate catabolism and photosynthesis sections. However, certain details do need to be learnt. Understand the principle of energy generation by the oxidation of reduced compounds such as glucose: understand respiration, including glycolysis, the kreb"s cycle and the electron transport chain. For each of these, learn the major compounds involved, especially those that enter and leave (e. g. glucose, pyruvate, atp, co2, electron carriers, etc). Through a series of reactions, 1 carbon atom is cleaved from pyruvic acid (producing a molecule of co2), coa attaches to the resulting 2-carbon acetyl group (forming acetyl. Coa), and 1 nadh + h+ is formed. (this process occurs twice, because 1 glucose . The nadh + h+ are destined for the electron transport chain.
