Cell Energy Production: Metabolic Signaling

This lecture covers the metabolic pathways involved in cell energy production, focusing on glycolysis, the TCA cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation. It discusses the coordination between these processes and the role of NADH and FADH2. The lecture also explores the chemiosmotic coupling in mitochondria and chloroplasts, emphasizing the generation of ATP. Additionally, it delves into the proton-motive force across the inner mitochondrial membrane and its significance in ATP synthesis. The session concludes with a detailed examination of transport processes across the inner mitochondrial membrane, highlighting the role of the electrochemical gradient in metabolite transportation.

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Chemiosmosis is the movement of ions across a semipermeable membrane bound structure, down their electrochemical gradient. An important example is the formation of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by the movement of hydrogen ions (H+) across a membrane during cellular respiration or photosynthesis. Hydrogen ions, or protons, will diffuse from a region of high proton concentration to a region of lower proton concentration, and an electrochemical concentration gradient of protons across a membrane can be harnessed to make ATP.

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Oxidative phosphorylation

Oxidative phosphorylation (UK ɒkˈsɪd.ə.tɪv, US ˈɑːk.sɪˌdeɪ.tɪv ) or electron transport-linked phosphorylation or terminal oxidation is the metabolic pathway in which cells use enzymes to oxidize nutrients, thereby releasing chemical energy in order to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP). In eukaryotes, this takes place inside mitochondria. Almost all aerobic organisms carry out oxidative phosphorylation. This pathway is so pervasive because it releases more energy than alternative fermentation processes such as anaerobic glycolysis.

Cellular respiration

Cellular respiration is the process by which biological fuels are oxidised in the presence of an inorganic electron acceptor, such as oxygen, to drive the bulk production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which contains energy. Cellular respiration may be described as a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert chemical energy from nutrients into ATP, and then release waste products.

Inner mitochondrial membrane

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