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How Cells Harvest Energy
Chapter 8
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Respiration
Organisms can be classified based on how they obtain energy:
autotrophs: are able to produce their own organic molecules through photosynthesis
heterotrophs: live on organic compounds produced by other organisms
All organisms use cellular respiration to extract energy from organic molecules.
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Respiration
Cellular respiration is a series of reactions that:
-are oxidations – loss of electrons
-are also dehydrogenations – lost electrons are accompanied by hydrogen
Therefore, what is actually lost is a hydrogen atom (1 electron, 1 proton).
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•The net equation for glucose breakdown is: C6H12O6 + 6 O2 = 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + energy
•Glucose is a high‑energy molecule; CO2 and H2O
are low‑energy molecules; cellular respiration is thus exergonic because it releases energy. •Electrons are removed from substrates and received by oxygen, which combines with H+ to become water.•Glucose is oxidized and O2 is reduced.
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RespirationDuring redox reactions, electrons carry energy from one
molecule to another.
NAD+ is an electron carrier.
-NAD accepts 2 electrons and 1 proton to become NADH
-the reaction is reversible
NAD+ and NADH are dinucleotides that serve as electron carriers in cellular respiration
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Respiration
During respiration, electrons are shuttled through electron carriers to a final electron acceptor.
aerobic respiration: final electron receptor is oxygen (O2)
anaerobic respiration: final electron acceptor is an inorganic molecule (not O2)
fermentation: final electron acceptor is an organic molecule (pyruvate)
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RespirationAerobic respiration:
C6H12O6 + 6O2 6CO2 + 6H2O
G = -686kcal/mol of glucose G can be even higher than this in a cellThis large amount of energy must be released in small steps rather
than all at once.
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Respiration
The goal of respiration is to produce ATP.
-energy is released from oxidation reaction in the form of electrons
-electrons are shuttled by electron carriers (e.g. NAD+) to an electron transport chain (happens in mitochondrial inner membrane)
-electron energy is converted to ATP at the electron transport chain
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Oxidation of Glucose
Cells are able to make ATP via:
1. substrate-level phosphorylation – transferring a phosphate directly to ADP from another molecule
2. oxidative phosphorylation – use of ATP synthase and energy derived from a proton (H+) gradient to make ATP
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•substrate-level phosphorylation – transferring a phosphate directly to ADP from another molecule
•happens during glycolysis
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Oxidation of GlucoseThe complete oxidation of glucose proceeds
in stages. These are the phases of cellular respiration:
1. glycolysis
2. pyruvate oxidation (sometimes called the prep reaction; connects glycolysis to Krebs cycle)
3. Krebs cycle
4. electron transport chain & chemiosmosis
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Glycolysis
Glycolysis converts glucose to pyruvate.
-a 10-step biochemical pathway
-occurs in the cytoplasm
-2 molecules of pyruvate are formed
-net production of 2 ATP molecules by substrate-level phosphorylation
-2 NADH produced by the reduction of NAD+
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Glycolysis
For glycolysis to continue, NADH must be recycled to NAD+ by either:
1. aerobic respiration – occurs when oxygen is available as the final electron acceptor
2. fermentation – occurs when oxygen is not available; an organic molecule is the final electron acceptor
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Glycolysis
The fate of pyruvate depends on oxygen availability.
When oxygen is present, pyruvate is oxidized to acetyl-CoA which enters the Krebs cycle
Without oxygen, pyruvate is reduced in order to oxidize NADH back to NAD+
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Pyruvate Oxidation
In the presence of oxygen, pyruvate is oxidized.
-occurs in the mitochondria in eukaryotes
-occurs at the plasma membrane in prokaryotes
-in mitochondria, a multienzyme complex called pyruvate dehydrogenase catalyzes the reaction
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Pyruvate Oxidation
The products of pyruvate oxidation include:
-1 CO2 -1 NADH-1 acetyl-CoA which consists of 2 carbons
from pyruvate attached to coenzyme A
Acetyl-CoA proceeds to the Krebs cycle.
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Krebs Cycle
The Krebs cycle oxidizes the acetyl group from pyruvate.
-occurs in the matrix of the mitochondria
-biochemical pathway of 9 steps
-first step:
acetyl group + oxaloacetate citrate
(2 carbons) (4 carbons) (6 carbons)
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Krebs Cycle
The remaining steps of the Krebs cycle:
-release 2 molecules of CO2
-reduce 3 NAD+ to 3 NADH
-reduce 1 FAD (electron carrier) to FADH2
-produce 1 ATP– The cycle turns twice for each original glucose molecule.
– The products of the cycle (per glucose molecule) are 4 CO2, 2 ATP, 6
NADH and 2 FADH2.
-regenerate oxaloacetate
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Krebs Cycle
After glycolysis, pyruvate oxidation, and the Krebs cycle, glucose has been oxidized to:
- 6 CO2
- 4 ATP
- 10 NADH
- 2 FADH2
These electron carriers proceedto the electron transport chain.
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Electron Transport Chain
The electron transport chain (ETC) is a series of membrane-bound electron carriers.
-embedded in the mitochondrial inner membrane
-electrons from NADH and FADH2 are transferred to complexes of the ETC
-each complex transfers the electrons to the next complex in the chain
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Electron Transport Chain
• As the electrons are transferred, some electron energy is lost with each transfer.
• This energy is used to pump protons (H+) across the membrane from the matrix to the inner membrane space.
• A proton gradient is established.
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Electron Transport Chain
The higher negative charge in the matrix attracts the protons (H+) back from the intermembrane space to the matrix.
The accumulation of protons in the intermembrane space drives protons into the matrix via diffusion.
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Electron Transport Chain
• Most protons move back to the matrix through ATP synthase.
• ATP synthase is a membrane-bound enzyme that uses the energy of the proton gradient to synthesize ATP from ADP + Pi.
• Chemiosmosis is the term used for ATP production tied to an electrochemical (H+) gradient across a membrane
• Once formed, ATP molecules diffuse out of the mitochondria through channel proteins.
• ATP is the energy currency for all living things; all organisms must continuously produce high levels of ATP to survive.
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Energy Yield of Respiration
theoretical energy yields
- 38 ATP per glucose for bacteria
- 36 ATP per glucose for eukaryotes
actual energy yield
- 30 ATP per glucose for eukaryotes
- reduced yield is due to “leaky” inner membrane and use of the proton gradient for purposes other than ATP synthesis
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Electron Transport Chain
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Regulation of Respiration
Regulation of aerobic respiration is by feedback inhibition.
-a step within glycolysis is allosterically inhibited by ATP and by citrate
-high levels of NADH inhibit pyruvate dehydrogenase
-high levels of ATP inhibit citrate synthetase
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Respiration Without O2
Respiration occurs without O2 via either:
1. anaerobic respiration
-use of inorganic molecules (other than O2) as final electron acceptor
2. fermentation
-use of organic molecules as final electron acceptor (usually pyruvate)
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Respiration Without O2
Anaerobic respiration by methanogens
-methanogens use CO2
-CO2 is reduced to CH4 (methane)
Anaerobic respiration by sulfur bacteria
-inorganic sulphate (SO4) is reduced to hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
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Respiration Without O2
Fermentation reduces organic molecules in order to regenerate NAD+
1. ethanol fermentation occurs in yeast
-CO2, ethanol, and NAD+ are produced
2. lactic acid fermentation
-occurs in animal cells (especially muscles)
-electrons are transferred from NADH to pyruvate to produce lactic acid
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Catabolism of Protein & Fat• Organic molecules other than glucose can be used
for energy
• Catabolism of proteins:– amino acids undergo deamination to remove the
amino group– remainder of the amino acid is converted to a
molecule that enters glycolysis or the Krebs cycle
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Catabolism of Protein & Fat
• Catabolism of fats:– fats are broken down to fatty acids and
glycerol– fatty acids are converted to acetyl groups by
-oxidation and enter Krebs as well as NADH and FADH2
• The respiration of a 6-carbon fatty acid yields 20% more energy than glucose.
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Evolution of Metabolism
• Evolved over time (don’t know the exact stages)
• A hypothetical timeline for the evolution of metabolism:– 1. ability to store chemical energy in ATP– 2. evolution of glycolysis– 3. anaerobic photosynthesis (using H2S) – 4. use of H2O in photosynthesis (not H2S)– 5. evolution of nitrogen fixation– 6. aerobic respiration evolved most recently