BIOL 113 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Redox, Anaerobic Respiration, Biofuel

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIOL 113
• Professor: Kathryn Ryan

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Eukaryotes: respiration breaks down fuel > generating atp. Waste products ^ co2 and water used for photosynthesis: consider how cells harvest the chemical energy stored in organic molecules and used to generate. Cata(cid:271)oli(cid:272) path(cid:449)a(cid:455)s (cid:455)ield e(cid:374)erg(cid:455) (cid:271)(cid:455) o(cid:454)idizi(cid:374)g orga(cid:374)i(cid:272) fuels: catabolic pathways: metabolic pathways that release store energy by breaking down complex, transfer of electrons from fuel molecules to other molecules is important. Cata(cid:271)oli(cid:272) path(cid:449)a(cid:455)s a(cid:374)d produ(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of atp: organic compounds possess potential energy as result of arrangement of electrons in bonds betw molecules. atoms. https://onedrive. live. com/view. aspx?resid=c5310d6a66e98d52!121&app=onenote&authkey=!apqq1udavatjxly. Breakdown of glucose is exergonic - free energy change of -686 kcal per mole of glucose decomposed neg. Redo(cid:454): rea(cid:272)tio(cid:374) o(cid:454)idatio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d redu(cid:272)tio(cid:374): how to catabolic pathways that decompose glucose/other organic fuels yield energy, answer depends on transfer of electrons during chem reactions, relocation of electrons releases stored energy > energy used to synthesize atp.