1. Compare and contrast ATP, NADPH, NADH, FADH2 and Acetyl CoA, four important energy carriers in the cell. Included in your discussion should be their structure, type of energy carried, and mechanism for energy transfer.
2. Recently, one of my introductory biology students told me that plants use photosynthesis to create ATP for use in cellular processes in the cell and did not use respiration. Discuss whether or not this is correct and justify your answer.
3. Insulin functions in the extracellular space by binding to receptors in the cellular membrane. Using what you know about disulfide bridges and conditions within the cell and in the extracellular space, discuss why insulin would not be able to work within the cell, even if a receptor was available.
1. Compare and contrast ATP, NADPH, NADH, FADH2 and Acetyl CoA, four important energy carriers in the cell. Included in your discussion should be their structure, type of energy carried, and mechanism for energy transfer.
2. Recently, one of my introductory biology students told me that plants use photosynthesis to create ATP for use in cellular processes in the cell and did not use respiration. Discuss whether or not this is correct and justify your answer.
3. Insulin functions in the extracellular space by binding to receptors in the cellular membrane. Using what you know about disulfide bridges and conditions within the cell and in the extracellular space, discuss why insulin would not be able to work within the cell, even if a receptor was available.
