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Cellular Respiration
LA Charter School Science Partnership
28 Apr 2012
Nick Klein
Today’s Talk
• Part 1: Big picture: review of photosynthesis, redox
• Part 2: Macromolecules, enzymes, and catalysis
• Part 3: Respiration & Fermentation
Part 1: The big picture
• Let’s think back to photosynthesis. – Photosynthesis is the process by which
organisms use the energy in sunlight to chemically transform carbon dioxide (CO2) into organic carbon compounds such as sugars
12H2O + 6CO2 C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
Part 1: The big picture
• Photosynthesis and respiration both involve reduction/oxidation (redox) reactions— chemical reactions that involve the movement of electrons from one molecule to another
• In photosynthesis, when carbon dioxide is fixed, it is reduced (electrons are added to it) which produces organic carbon compounds
Part 1: The big pictureLoss of
Electrons is
Oxidation
goes
Gain of
Electrons is
Reduction
Part 1: The big picture
• Respiration is in many ways photosynthesis BACKWARDS. Photosynthesis uses sun energy to turn CO2 into glucose. Respiration releases that stored energy from glucose.
C6H12O6 + 6O2 6CO2 + 6H2O
Part 1: The big picture
• So if photosynthesis involves the chemical reduction of CO2 into glucose, and respiration is very similar to photosynthesis backwards…
• Respiration is the oxidation of glucose back into CO2, which releases the stored chemical energy!
Part 1: The big picture
• Organisms that make their own food are called autotrophs. Organisms that make food using photosynthesis are photoautotrophs
• All animals, including humans, are heterotrophs—we have to consume other organisms as food
Part 1: The big picture
• Photosynthesis respiration work together in what is called the carbon cycle
Part 1: The big picture
Image courtesy NASA Earth Observatory
Break!
• Before we get to the details of cellular respiration, let’s cover a few more basics of biochemistry that will help us understand both photosynthesis and respiration better!
• Specifically, we’re going to briefly discuss the basic building blocks and machinery of biology
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
• What are the basic building blocks of life?– Amino acids (proteins)– Sugars (carbohydrates)– Lipids (fats)– Nucleic acids (DNA & RNA)
• All of these “building blocks” string together to form chains called macromolecules or biopolymers
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
• Remember glucose? Glucose is the basic unit of a large number of different sugars (carbohydrates)
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
• Glucose can bond with other glucose molecules in several different ways
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
Sucrose (table sugar)
• Glucose can bond with other glucose molecules in several different ways
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
Lactose (milk sugar)
• Glucose can also form long chains
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
Cellulose (woody part of plants)
• Glucose can also form long chains
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
Starch
• Amino acids chain together to form proteins
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
Catalase
• Nucleic acids chain together to form DNA & RNA
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
DNA
• Our body has to break down sugar polymers into the individual sugar monomers (glucose) before we can use it in cellular respiration
• Can our bodies use cellulose? Why or why not?
• We don’t have the right biochemical machinery to digest cellulose! We would need a cellulase enzyme…
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
• Enzymes are proteins (chains of amino acids) that act as biological catalysts: they speed the rate of a chemical reaction, but are left unchanged by the reaction
• Example demo: catalase
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
• Catalase speeds the reaction:2H2O2 2H2O + O2
• What do you think will happen when I pour H2O2 on the potato?
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
Catalase
• Enzymes work by lowering the activation energy. The activation energy is a measure of how much chemical energy a molecule must have before it will undergo a reaction.
• Enzymes lower this “hill” and cause reactions to happen that would otherwise only go very slowly
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
• Other examples of enzymes: lactase, cellulase, amylase
• If you’re lactose intolerant, your body does not produce enough lactase to digest lactose sugar very well
• Similarly, we cannot digest the woody part of plants since our bodies don’t produce cellulase—cows and other herbivores have bacteria in their guts that make cellulase
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
• We explored the action of amylase in one of our morning activities
Part 2: Macromolecules & Catalysis
Break!
Part 3: Respiration & Fermentation
12H2O + 6CO2 C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
C6H12O6 + 6O2 6H2O + 6CO2
Respiration is photosynthesis backwards!
2H2O
4e- + 4H+ + O2
Pigments
Photosystem
Part 3: Respiration & Fermentation
Pigments
Photosystem
4e-
Electron TransportChain
NADPH
Part 3: Respiration & Fermentation
ATP + NADPH
CO2 C6H12O6
The Calvin Cycle (light independent reactions)
Part 3: Respiration & Fermentation
• In photosynthesis, we used light energy to split electrons out of a water molecule, then used the electron transport chain to take energy from those electrons and convert it into ATP
• Then we used ATP and the leftover electrons (in the form of NADPH) to fix (reduce) CO2 into glucose using the Calvin Cycle
Part 3: Respiration & Fermentation
• In respiration, we oxidize glucose (add oxygen to transform it into 6CO2) to “pull” electrons out of it
• These electrons are then put through an electron transport chain to generate ATP
• What do we need for respiration?– Glucose– Oxygen
Part 3: Respiration & Fermentation
• First step in respiration is glycolysis• In glycolysis, glucose (6 carbons) is split
into two molecules of pyruvate (3 carbons each)
• This yields 2 ATP and 2 NADH (electron carriers)
• If no O2 is available, glycolysis is the only way to get energy from glucose and fermentation occurs
Part 3: Respiration & Fermentation
• In fermentation, we get 2 ATP from glycolysis but can’t continue to the Krebs cycle, which requires O2 to function
• Have to recycle the NADH, so the electrons the NADH carries are transferred to pyruvate and glycolysis can continue
• Different organisms transform pyruvate to different waste molecules in fermentation—in humans, lactic acid.
Part 3: Respiration & Fermentation
• But, if we have O2 we can put the pyruvate into the Krebs cycle and yield 38 ATP total instead of 2 for each glucose!
• Krebs cycle is complex, but in basic terms pyruvate is added to a 4-carbon molecule to make citrate, which is then oxidized one CO2 at a time
• Each time a carbon is removed from citrate, CO2 is produced and we pull electrons out and transfer them to NADH or FADH2
Part 3: Respiration & Fermentation
• In the Krebs Cycle, we’ve oxidized pyruvate into CO2 and produced NADH and FADH2 (electron carriers)
• These electron carriers now move the electrons to the electron transport chain (remember from photosynthesis?)
• As the electrons flow through the transport chain, their energy is used to create a proton gradient
• Then, when the protons flow back in, they drive ATP synthase (an enzyme!) which makes ATP
Part 3: Respiration & Fermentation
Part 3: Respiration & Fermentation
• Recap: in glycolysis, we split 6-carbon glucose into two 3-carbon pyruvate and yield 2 ATP
• Stop at glycolysis if no oxygen available, then fermentation
• If oxygen is available, Krebs Cycle oxidizes pyruvate and strips the electrons from it
• NADH and FADH2 carry electrons stripped from glucose to electron transport chain where they are used to make ATP (energy)
Part 3: Respiration & Fermentation
Part 3: Broader context
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