Energy
What's known as the "energy currency" of cells?
ATP
The vast majority of enzymes end in? (3 letters)
-ase
What's the point of cellular respiration?
To make ATP
Potential energy is ______ energy. Kinetic energy is energy in ______.
Stored
Motion
Enzymes function as a?
Protein catalyst.
Is glycolysis aerobic or anaerobic?
Anaerobic
Energy stored in a molecules bonds is called ________ energy.
Chemical
What type of inhibitor resembles a substrate and binds to an enzyme's active site?
Competitive Inhibitor
The step by step breakdown of glucose with energy release is called?
Glucose Oxidation
What are the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics?
1) Energy can neither be created or destroyed, only transformed
2) Whenever energy is transformed, some gets converted into heat
Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation can Increase or Decrease what? (2 words)
Enzyme Activity
What are the products of glucose oxidation? (3 things)
CO2, H20, and Energy
A sodium ion moving down its concentration gradient is an example of what kind of energy?
Kinetic Energy
What does enzyme saturation mean?
A deficiency in lactase is called?
Lactose Intolerance