Basic Energy
The ability to do work or bring about a change.
What is energy?
The sum of chemical reactions in cells.
What is metabolism?
The reactants of an enzymatically catalyzed reaction.
What are substrates?
Inhibitor that competes with the substrate.
What is a competitive inhibitor?
Organelle responsible for cellular respiration.
What is the mitochondria?
Energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
Energy able to preform work.
What is free energy?
What happens to enzymes in not optimal conditions.
What is denaturation?
Inhibitor that binds to an allosteric site causing alternation of the active site.
What is noncompetitive inhibition?
Organelle responsible for photosynthesis.
What is the chloroplast?
Stored energy.
What is potential/chemical energy?
Reaction where products have less energy to preform work.
What is an exergonic reaction?
The enzyme changes shape slightly to better fit the substrate.
What is the induced fit model?
Oxidation and reduction
What are redox reactions?
Important substrate for photosynthesis that isn't water or light energy.
What is carbon dioxide?
Energy can't be created or destroyed, but only change forms.
What is the law of conservation of energy?
Reaction where products have more energy to preform work.
What is an endergonic reaction?
An organic compound used to help an enzyme.
What is a coenzyme?
Oxidation reaction paired with a reduction reaction.
What is coupling?
Main product of cellular respiration.
What is ATP?
What is the law of entropy?
Compound that is the energy currency of cells.
What is Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)?
Enzymes lower this in order to make reactions more efficient.
What is the activation energy?
Cell's regulation of enzymes through a substance.
What are cofactors?
Substrate oxidized by mitochondria to form ATP.
What is glucose?