More Cell Signaling
The controllers of gene expression.
Reactions that consume energy.
What are anabolic reactions?
The loss of electrons from a substance.
What is oxidation?
The particles responsible for the transmission of light energy.
What are photons?
My role in the musical this year.
Who is Joe Hardy?
The coupling of a "downhill" facilitated diffusion of solute with an "uphill" intake of a second substance.
What is cotransport?
The sign of delta G/free energy, if energy is released from a system.
What is negative?
The products of glycolysis.
What are 2 net ATP, 2 pyruvate, and 2 NADH?
That which is reflected when regular light hits orange pigment.
What is orange light?
My favorite color.
What is dark green?
Local cell-to-neighbors signal mechanisms.
What is paracrine signaling?
The molecules that make up ATP.
What are adenine (a nitrogenous base), ribose (a pentose sugar), and phosphate groups?
The products of Pyruvate Oxidation and the Krebs/Citric Acid Cycle, per molecule of glucose invested
What are 8 NADH, 2 FADH2, 2 ATP, and 3 CO2?
The number of turns of the Calvin Cycle required to produce 3 molecules of glucose.
What is 6 turns (2 turns per glucose molecule?)?
My favorite meal.
What is my mom's spaghetti?
The reasoning for the multi-stepped nature of most signal transduction pathways.
What is the amplification of the signal?
The modulation of an enzyme's function at its active sites by the binding of regulatory molecules at other sites.
What is allosteric regulation?
The gradient that drives the production of ATP in chemiosmosis through ATP Synthase.
What is the (creation of a) proton-motive force?
The process by which stupid Rubisco sends O2 through the Calvin Cycle, creating faulty products and halting the production of G3P.
What is photorespiration?
My favorite kind of tree.
What is the Eastern Black Walnut? (I'll take just walnut too).
The type of membrane receptor responsible for actuating our sense of smell.
What are G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs)?
The tightening of an enzyme around its substrate after initial binding to the active site.
What is induced fit?
The chemical name of Complex II in the electron transport chain.
What is ubiquinone/Coenzyme Q?
The specialized tissue in which C4 plants perform their dark reactions/the Calvin Cycle.
What is the bundle-sheath cells?
The element on the periodic table who's atomic number corresponds to my birthdate (day of the month).
What is Titanium?