What two coenzymes participate in electron transport? Identify the high energy and low energy forms of each.

Q: Many of the coenzymes we have explored have very complicated structures, yet the chemistry we have…

A: Enzymes are protein which helps to increase the rate of chemical reactions without themselves being…

Q: Draw a simplified citric acid cycle and indicate the high-energy products.

A: Cellular respiration is defined as the process by which sugars obtained from the diet are converted…

Q: What part of the electron transport chain is responsible for the greatest contribution to oxidative…

A: Protein complexes are present in the inner membrane of mitochondria forming an electron transport…

Q: Describe the citric acid cycle. In how many steps does it take place? What is the substrate? What…

A: The citric acid cycle is also recognized as the TCA (tricarboxylic acid) cycle or the Krebs cycle.…

Q: List three coenzymes and their functions.

A: Enzymes are a type of protein that acts as biological catalysts that accelerate the chemical…

Q: What are the hydrogen electron acceptors for aerobic and anaerobic respiration as well as in…

A: Chemotrophs, lithotrophs, and heterotrophs all have cellular respiration. It starts when electrons…

Q: How many carbons from 13 original glucose molecules enter the Krebs cycle in the absence of oxygen?

A: Question - How many carbons from 13 original glucose molecules enter the Krebs cycle in the absence…

Q: What does it mean to say that during cellular respiration, electron carriers are reduced while the…

A: Let’s imagine we have  a cell. The cell has just been given a big, juicy glucose molecule, and we…

Q: How is ACP similar to coenzyme A? How is it different?

A: Acyl transporter protein (ACP) is a part of the fat biosynthesis cycle. ACP catalyzes the expansion…

Q: Nearly all organisms (prokaryotic/eukaryotic, plant/animal/fungal) carry out some form of…

A: Cells are the most fundamental and vital units that make up all living things. A cell is responsible…

Q: 6) a) Why is ATP a "high-energy" compound? (think the ATP structure) b) What are the metabolic roles…

A: ATP is composed of adenine (Base), ribose, and three phosphates. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide…

Q: Why Are Coupled Reactions Important in Glycolysis?

A: Glycolysis is the most significant metabolic route in the cell, and it may occur both aerobically…

Q: Why is the amount of ATP produced in cells that can undergo oxidative phosphorylation much greater…

A: The cell stores energy in molecules called ATP (adenosine triphosphate). ATP is also referred to as…

Q: In aerobic respiration, how many ATP molecules areproduced from one molecule of glucose through…

A: Cellular respiration is the process by which sugars are converted into energy including ATP to allow…

Q: Describe two important roles of the citric acid cycle.

A: The citric acid cycle is also called as TCA cycle is a series of chemical reactions used by all…

Q: Which electron carrier is mobile and fat soluble? Explain fully?

A: The molecules that are capable of accepting or donating one or two electrons from one molecule to…

Q: What coenzymes are used for decarboxylation reactions?

A: Decarboxylation is the reaction in which the carboxyl group from one reactant is removed and CO2 is…

Q: What kinds of substrates do the decarboxylating coenzymes work on?

A: Coenzymes are the non-protein  small organic molecules which carry chemical species between the…

Q: What are different ways in which glucose is oxidized to provide energy in various organisms?

A: The process of exchange of gases through different modes, like air or water, for their survival is…

Q: Why does removing a phosphate group from the triphosphate tail in a molecule of ATP release energy?

A: Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is made up of an organic molecule (i.e. adenosine) and three phosphate…

Q: Since no molecular oxygen participates in the citric acid cycle, the steps in which acetyl groups…

A: Cellular respiration is a catabolic pathway of the process of metabolism, where a series of chemical…

Q: List the main features of the citric acid cycle

A: Introduction: The citric acid cycle is a collection of eight biochemical reactions that all aerobic…

Q: Why is the Krebs cycle considered part of aerobic metabolism, even though O2 does not appear in any…

A: Asked : Reason for kreb's cycle : part of aerobic metabolism

Q: Describe the structure of ATP. Where does the energy tosynthesize ATP come from? What is the energy…

A: ATP is a high energy molecule which provides the energy to carry out various biological processes…

Q: Write the structures for the molecule that best fits the answer to the following: d) the final…

A: Pyruvate is the end product of glycolysis, under aerobic conditions it is oxidized via citric acid…

Q: Assume a cell undergoes the Aerobic Respiration option of catabolism. Calculate the number of ATP…

A: Aerobic respiration is a type of respiration process in which oxygen is used for the production of…

Q: Which of the reactants in the citric acid cycle have two chiral carbon atoms?

A: The citric acid cycle is a biochemical process of converting acetyl-CoA into carbon dioxide, NADH,…

Q: What coenzyme transfers an acyl group from one substrate to another?

A: The coenzymes are cofactors that are synthesized inside the body due to the intake of pantothenic…

Q: Which of the following is NOT a reason that ATP is generally used as the activated carrier of…

A: Introduction :- Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the source of energy at the cellular level. ATP is a…

Q: How does extracellular pH, NADH, and ATP supply can affect catabolic processes in heterotrophs?

A: Catabolic reactions are metabolic pathways that break down big molecules into smaller ones while…

Q: Write the structures for the molecule that best fits the answer to the following: d) the final…

A: The process of breakdown of glucose to generate the energy molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is…

Q: How many net ATP molecules are produced during the reactions of photosynthesis for each molecule of…

A: The dark reaction or light independent reaction of photosynthesis reduces carbon dioxide to glucose.…

Q: Each of the cytochromes in the mitochondrion contains prosthetic groups. What is a prosthetic group?…

A: Conjugated proteins have prosthetic group with apoprotein. Apoprotein - The protein part of the…

Q: What two coenzymes are involved with initial events of the electron-transport chain?

A: The energy conserved during catabolism reactions of cellular respiration occurs at the end of the…

Q: Why is ATP popular as an energy producing molecule

A: Carbohydrates, protein and fats are the three main components that are required by the body to…