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Chapter 8: Energy and Metabolism


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Chapter 8: Energy and Metabolism

p. 145: bioenergetics

p. 146: energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, thermodynamics, kilocalorie (kcal), joule, oxidation, reduction, oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions

p. 147: First Law of Thermodynamics, heat, Second Law of Thermodynamics, entropy (S)

p. 148: free energy (G), enthalpy (H), change in free energy (G), endergonic, exergonic

p. 149: activation energy, catalysis, catalysts

p. 150: enzymes, substrates, carbonic anhydrase, metabolism

p. 151: active sites, enzyme-substrate complex, induced fit

p. 152: temperature optimum, pH optimum, inhibitor, feedback inhibition, competitive inhibitors, noncompetitive inhibitors, allosteric site, allosteric inhibitor, activators

p. 153: cofactors, coenzyme, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)

p. 154: multienzyme complexes, ribozymes

p. 155: adenosine triphosphate (ATP), adenosine diphosphate (ADP)

p. 156: metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, biochemical pathways

p. 157: feedback inhibition

p. 158: degradation, glycolysis, photosynthesis, chemiosmosis, nitrogen fixation

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