Wordlists for Exam 1
Lectures 9 & 10 -- Mitochondria & Chloroplasts

energy converting organelles

mitochondrion (plural: mitochondria)
chloroplast   (plastid)
glycolysis in cytoplasm:
1 glucose gives 2 pyruvate + 2 NADH + 2 ATP (net)
NADH is the reduced form of NAD
aerobic metabolism: citric acid cycle
Oxidative Phosphorylation (Ox Phos)
matrix
intermembrane space
Energy Converting Membrane
Crista (pl, cristae)
"Energized membrane" = membrane with a H⁺ electrochemical gradient
Respiratory Chain:
NADH dehydrogenase
Q
Cytochrome b - c₁
Cytochrome c
Cytochrome Oxidase

Electron Transport Chain

ATP Synthase = F_o + F₁ ATPase
"chemiosmotic coupling"
protonmotive force = potential energy of proton electrochemical gradient Photosynthetic Phosphorylation (Photo Phos )
Light Reactions of Photosynthesis
Dark Reactions of Photosynthesis
NADP is NAD with an additional phosphate on it - used for biosynthesis


NADPH is the reduced form of NADP
Stroma
Thylakoid
PSI, PSII
cyclic photophosphorylation
granum (pl, grana)
plasmadesma (plural, plasmadesmata)
cyanobacterium (plural, cyanobacteria)

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