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Chapter 9 Cellular Energetics

Chapter 9 Cellular Energetics. Energy Production. This chapter deals with the catabolic pathways that break down organic molecules for the production of ATP. Whether you are talking about gasoline or sugar, the general equation is: Organic compound + O 2 --> CO 2 + H 2 O + Energy.

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Chapter 9 Cellular Energetics

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  1. Chapter 9 Cellular Energetics

  2. Energy Production • This chapter deals with the catabolic pathways that break down organic molecules for the production of ATP. • Whether you are talking about gasoline or sugar, the general equation is: • Organic compound + O2 --> CO2 + H2O +Energy

  3. Cell Respiration • Cellular respiration is the process of oxidizing food molecules into CO2 and H2O. • Glucose, C6H12O6, is a common “food” used in the equation for cellular respiration, but all of the food you eat gets converted into compounds that can be funneled into cellular respiration.

  4. Exergonic Reactions • In each case, the catabolic pathways give off energy (-ΔG) and the end products are less organized (entropy has increased) than the beginning reactants.

  5. Energy Transfer • The process takes place as the electrons in the reactants are transferred to oxygen. • It does so in very discrete (small) steps causing the phosphorylation to ADP creating ATP. • The ATP is immediately available as a source of energy for the cell.

  6. Redox Reactions • The redox reactions, as they are called, involve an oxidation step that occurs when something loses an electron, and a reduction step where a substance gains an electron. Remember, LEO-GER and OIL-RIG

  7. Redox Reactions • Oxygen is a very powerful oxidizing agent because of its electronegativity. • Thus, in redox reactions where electrons are moved closer to oxygen, a lot of chemical energy is given off and is available to do work.

  8. Redox Reactions • Similarities: • Burning gas in a car liberates energy in the hydrocarbons and powers the car. • Burning glucose within our cells enables us to do work. • Cells are much more efficient than other machinery. 40% vs. 15%

  9. Redox Reactions Within the Cell • C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy (ATP) The O2 from respiration oxidizes glucose (O2 itself becomes reduced forming CO2 and H2O (reduced O2) Anything with a lot of hydrogen is a good fuel because they fall downhill liberating energy which drives the synthesis of ATP (energy).

  10. Redox Reactions • Remember that there is an activation barrier that needs to be overcome before a reaction can take place (enzymes lower this barrier). • Thus, this is why glucose doesn’t burn in air, but if we ignite it, we supply the activation energy necessary for it to burn. • If we eat it, our enzymes lower the activation energy enabling our cells to “burn” the fuel for energy production.

  11. Glucose Metabolism • The most efficient way to harness the energy in chemical bonds of a fuel is to do so in small discrete steps. • Glucose and other organic fuels used by the body are broken down in a series of steps that are each catalyzed by a specific enzyme.

  12. Glucose Metabolism • At key points in the process, H atoms are stripped from the intermediates and transferred to the coenzyme, NAD+, creating NADH. • In a series of steps, NADH transfers electrons to O2 which makes up the electron transport chain.

  13. Electron Transport Chain • The electron transport chain consists mostly of proteins found in the inner membrane of the mitochondria. • The numerous steps of the ETC harness the energy released from the glucose metabolism. Each intermediate is more electronegative than the previous one and eventually the electrons reach O2 forming water. During the electron transfers, small amounts of energy are transferred and energy is released and used to produce ATP.

  14. Electron Transport Chain Summary • In general, the reactions of the ETC can be summed up as: • Food-->NADH-->ETC & ATP generation -->O2

  15. Cellular Respiration • The stages of cellular respiration can be summed up as follows: • 1. Glycolysis • 2. The Citric Acid Cycle • 3. Oxidative Phosphorylation

  16. Cell Respiration Overview • Cellular Respiration Overview

  17. Glycolysis • Glycolysis is a anaerobic process. • It doesn’t actually use O2, thus it isn’t technically considered part of cellular respiration. • Much of the starting material of the citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation comes from glycolysis.

  18. Glycolysis • Glycolysis occurs in the cytosol and breaks down glucose producing 2 ATP, 2 NADH, 2 pyruvates, and 2 water molecules. • Glycolysis is where the majority of substrate level phosphorylation occurs. • No CO2 is released during glycolysis.

  19. Glycolysis Movie • Glycolysis

  20. The Link Between Glycolysis and the Citric Acid Cycle • This is known as the “link reaction.” • It is here that pyruvate is converted into acetyl CoA and enters the citric acid cycle where the breakdown of glucose is completed. • In this process, CO2 is given off and a small amount of ATP is made, and NADH and FADH2 are generated.

  21. NADH and FADH2 are Reducing Power • NADH and FADH2 are a source of electrons which are used as reducing power within the mitochondrial matrix.

  22. Oxidative Phosphorylation • Oxidative phosphorylation uses NADH and FADH2 to transfer electrons from one molecule to another in the matrix of the mitochondrion. • These small “packets” of energy are used to drive the synthesis of ATP.

  23. ATP Synthesis • Within the mitochondrial matrix, chemiosmosis and the ETC use the small “packets” of energy to drive the synthesis of ATP. • 90% of the ATP generated comes from oxidative phosphorylation.

  24. ATP Synthesis • The remaining 10% of ATP comes from substrate level phosphorylation (glycolysis) where an enzyme transfers a phosphate group (PO32-) from a substrate directly to ADP. • The substrate in this case comes from an organic intermediate generated from the breakdown of glucose.

  25. The Junction Between the Citric Acid Cycle and Glycolysis • After glycolysis, most of the energy from glucose is stored in the pyruvate molecules. • When O2 is present, pyruvate enters the citric acid cycle (through the “link reaction”) within the mitochondrion completing the breakdown of glucose.

  26. The Junction Between the Citric Acid Cycle and Glycolysis • The “link reaction.” • At the junction between glycolysis and the citric acid cycle, pyruvate is converted to acetyl CoA, NADH is given off along with 1 molecule of CO2.

  27. The “Link Reaction” • During the link reaction, the three carbon sugar, pyruvate, is converted into the two carbon intermediate, Acetyl CoA, and is ready to enter the citric acid cycle. • This is the first step in which CO2 is released.

  28. The Citric Acid Cycle • Upon entering the citric acid cycle, acetyl CoA adds its 2 carbon acetyl group to oxaloacetate, which creates citrate. • Citrate now undergoes a series of steps that creates 1 ATP molecule, 3NADH and 1FADH2. In the process, 2CO2 are given off, and oxaloacetate is regenerated--hence the “cycle.”

  29. Citric Acid Cycle • Remember, each molecule of glucose produces two molecules of pyruvate, so the cycle actually spinstwice for each molecule of glucose that undergoes glycolysis.

  30. Citric Acid Cycle • Citric Acid Cycle

  31. Electron Transport Chain • The NADH and FADH2 produced by the citric acid cycle carry energy to the cristae of the mitochondria.

  32. Electron Transport Chain • The energy from the carriers is used by the electron transport chain to couple electron transport with the movement of H+ to the intermembrane space. This is oxidative phosphorylation.

  33. Oxidative Phosphorylation and the Electron Transport Chain • Reduced NAD and FAD carry the electrons to the ETC. • The ETC moves the electrons “downhill” to oxygen. • The binding of the free protons to oxygen maintains the hydrogen gradient and generates water.

  34. Oxidative Phosphorylation and the Electron Transport Chain • No ATP is made directly, but the energy transfer is sliced into small amounts. • The energy is used to drive hydrogen ions across the membrane. • ATP synthesis occurs via chemiosmosis.

  35. ATP Synthase and Chemiosmosis • The inner part of the mitochondrial membrane contains many copies of a protein complex called ATP synthase. • ATP Synthase is the enzyme that actually phosphorylates ADP--making ATP during oxidative phosphorylation. • It makes use of a H+ gradient.

  36. Chemiosmosis • Chemiosmosis is a fancy word that describes the movement of H+ (protons) from a high concentration to a low concentration. 44

  37. Chemiosmosis • The mitochondrial membrane generates and maintains this H+ gradient by using the energy releasing flow of electrons to pump H+ across the membrane from the matrix to the intermembrane space.

  38. ATP Synthase and Chemiosmosis • The proton (H+) gradient that exists between the mitochondrial matrix and the intermembrane space drives the synthesis of ATP into the matrix of the mitochondrion.

  39. Chemiosmosis • The H+ gradient that forms is called the proton-motive force. • It is this force that drives H+ back across the membrane through ATP synthase and in the process generates ATP.

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