BIOL130 Lecture 3: Energy

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Cells require energy, and it is obtained from chemical bond energy, stored in food Sugars are oxidized to co2 and h2o, which creates energy. Energy is stored and transported in the high energy bonds of activated carrier molecules such as atp and nadh. Energy generated from the oxidation of food molecules needs to be stored until it is needed for use. This energy is stored as activated carrier molecules, which contain one or more high energy content bonds. Activated carrier molecules later provide the energy for biosynthetic reactions. Usually energy from nucleoside triphosphate hydrolysis to get water. Coenzymes that carry electrons from one reaction to another. They readily accept a hydride atom (2 electrons and a proton) and donate it. They are important in harvesting energy during the oxidation of glucose. Nadp+ is the oxidized form, nadph is the reduced form. In nad+ and nadh, phosphate group is missing. Catabolism: the breakdown of complex molecules into simpler ones by enzymes.

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