Cycles
function is to oxidize substrates.
what is the krebs cycle?
The chemical process of converting food into energy. Also referred to as metabolism.
What is Bioenergetics?
Does not contain max number of hydrogen atoms and has at least 1 double bond
what is unsaturated fatty acid?
breaking down of substrate into molecules, releasing energy
what are catabolic reactions?
hydrogens removed are transported by this carrier to the electron transport chain.
what are hydrogen carriers?
Simple sugar also known as blood sugar, can be used for energy or stored as glycogen.
What is glucose?
an unsaturated fatty acid that contains at least 1 double bond
what is monounsaturated fatty acids?
protein molecules that facilitate a chemical reaction by lowering energy of activation
what are enzymes?
Hydrogen carriers NAD+ and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) transport hydrogens and electrons to this location
what is ETC?
Formation of glycogen from glucose.
What is glycogenesis?
what are triglycerides?
using energy to form a product from separate molecules
what are anabolic reactions?
function is to produce the majority of ATP during aerobic metabolism
what is the electron transport chain?
Breaking down of glycogen into glucose
What is glycogenolysis?
contained in both plant and animal tissues
what are fats?
this suffix typically signifies that the enzyme breaks something apart.
what is -ase?
this helps in the formation of acetly-CoA during aerobic conditions
what is pyruvate?
What is saturated fatty acid?
a fatty acid that has more than 1 double bond
what are polyunsaturated fatty acids?
this enzyme breaks down triglycerides.
what is lipase?