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Energy Transformatio
energy transformation at the chemical level
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What compound transfers energy between chemical bonds into endergonic reactions within the cell? | APT: Adenosine triphosphate. Composed of adenosine [nucleotide adenine, ribose sugar, phosphate group] and phosphate groups linked by high energy covalent bonds. |
| ADP + Pi + energy ----> | ATP |
| What are the processes that convert ADP to ATP? | Phosphorylation and chemiosmosis |
| Substrate-level Phosphorylation | Enzyme acts on substrates ADP and 3rd phospate, creating ATP. |
| Chemiosmosis | Enzymes arranged in an Electron Transport Chain embedded in membrane (chloroplast or mitochondrian). H+ ions pumped through membrane by redox, shedding energy. Shunted to ATP synthesizing enzyme, attached 3rd phosphate. |
| Chemical formula for phosphorylation | W + APT ---> W~P + ADP |