MICB 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Redox, Electron Donor, Photosystem
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Use these in (combination with other nutrients) to produce other things. Metabolism will produce waste products as a result of producing other stuff. Organic: have carbon and at least one c-h, n-h, or s-h bond. Inorganic: may have carbon but lack the bonds to hydrogen. Use water nutritionally as a source of electrons (oxidize water) Make sugars in the leaves and send them down to the roots to be used as an oxygen. Autotrophs like plants make their own food not true. Organic elements that form molecules that make up cells. A lot of enzyme active sites contain metal irons. Essential for the catalytic function of an enzyme. Cofactor of an enzyme in order to bind to the active site. G-ve cell wall needs calcium/magnesium to bind to the lps of the membrane for stabilization. Carry electrons in etc (e. g. part of nad+ and fadh) Other organisms are dependent on getting them into their diet (e. g. humans)
