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COUPLED
GENERAL BIOLOGY 1
REACTION
WHAT IS AN ATP?
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE
ADENINE P P P
FUNCTIONS OF ATP
1. CHEMICAL WORK
-Provides energy required for producing complex
substances, such as biomolecules.
2. MECHANICAL WORK
-Provides the energy for cells and tissues to perform
their functions such as the circulation of blood, the
contraction of muscles, and the pumping of the heart.
3. TRANSPORT WORK
- Provides the energy for substances to move, such as
the entry and exit of compounds across cell membranes,
or substances binding the protein enzymes.
COUPLED REACTION
ATP IS HIGHLY UNSTABLE MOLECULE, It
spontaneously dissociates into ADP and inorganic
phosphate even when there is no activity requiring
energy. Thus, this energy is produced as free
energy and is lost as heat. However, because cells
are efficient, they harness this free energy within
the bonds through a strategy called energy
coupling.
HOW IS COUPLED REACTION HAPPEN?
FREE ENERGY
USE FROM EXERGONIC REACTION
ENDERGONIC REACTION
BY COUPLING OR JOINING TWO REACTIONS, WEHRE THEY BECOME
INITIATE COMPLEMENTARY
HYDROLYSIS
It is an exergonic reaction because it releases energy
PHOSPHORYLATION
INVOLVE Endergonic reaction
The process of adding a phosphate group to a certain biomolecules such as
glucose.
COUPLED REACTION
HYDROLYSIS-EXERGONIC REACTION-RELEASE OF
ENERGY-(ATP)-ENERGY DEFICIENT (ADP)
ATP ENZYME
ATPASE
ADP
COUPLED REACTION
ANABOLIC CATABOLIC
REACTIONS
DISRUPTION
GLUCOSE METABOLISM FLUCTUATES TO CATCH UP TO PERSONS NEED FOR ENERGY