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| All chemical reactions occurring in body |
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| build; require energy; provides materials needed for cell growth and repair |
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| Break down; release energy; produces proteins, polysaccharides and fats |
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| lowers activation energy needed to start reactions; specific shape to match substrate at activation site |
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| series of enzyme-controlled reactions leading to formation for a product |
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| Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) |
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| three parts: adenine and ribose molecule; 3 phosphate molecules in a chain |
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Adenosine Diphosphate (ADP)
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NADH)
Flavine Adenine Dinucleotide (FADH2) |
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becomes ATP through phosphorylation
other high energy molecules |
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| NO OXYGEN; glucose to lactic acid; energy released is harnessed as 2 ATP |
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| more productive; YES OXYGEN; Glucose + O = CO2 + H2O; energy released is harnessed as 36-38 ATP |
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| occurs in cytosol; NO OXY; see graph |
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| Citric Acid Cycle and Electron Transport Chain |
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| Occurs in Mitochondria; REQUIRES OXY; see graph |
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A-T; A-U when in contact with RNA stage
C-G
DNA wrapped around histones to form chromosomes (chromatin); forms a helix |
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| occurs in nucleus; RNA formed; mRNA, tRNA, rRNA |
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| Delivers genetic info from nucleus to cytoplasm; single polynucleotide chain formed beside strand of DNA; CODON (3 base combo w/ 64 possibilities [20 AA and 3 are STOPs]) |
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AA; anticodon;
TRANSLATION: translates codon of mRNA into an AA |
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| Provides structure and enzyme activity for ribosomes |
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| Specification for correct sequence of AA in a polypeptide chain; each AA has triplet code |
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change in DNA sequence
REPAIR ENZYMES: correct mutations
INBORN ERRORS: inheriting mutation that alters enzyme |
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