Transcript ATP
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE
Sugar
•Food molecules are the $1000 dollar bills of energy storage
•Food molecules function as fuel molecules, storing large quantities
of energy in a stable form over long periods of time! They are the
long-term energy currency of the cell.
•For “pocket change”, cells require a molecule that stores much
smaller quantities of energy and that can be used and re-charged!
•This molecule is adenosine
triphosphate or ATP !!!!!
•ATP collects small packets of energy from the food burning power
plants(mitochondria) of the cell and transports this energy to where
it is needed!
•ATP moves muscles or forces a seedling out of the ground or forms
sucrose in the cells or….. or……. or…….
•When a fatty acid is burned, energy is given off. Some of this
energy is trapped in the molecules of ATP and some is lost in the
form of HEAT !
•The energy carrying part of an ATP molecule is the triphosphate
“tail”. Three phosphate groups are joined by covalent bonds. The
electrons in these bonds carry ENERGY !
Draw and
Label the
ATP
molecule
TRI PHOSPHATE
(3 PHOSPHATES)
RIBOSE
SUGAR
ADENINE
ATP OR ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE
Tri-phosphate
Group
Ribose Sugar
Adenine
•At the energy requiring site, the last phosphate group in the tail
breaks off and ENERGY is released to do WORK for the cell !
ATP
ADP + Pi +
ENERGY
•This new molecule— adenosine diphosphate (do you get it?? di??)
does not hold as much energy and needs to be recharged—so to the
power plants of the cell (mitochondria) it goes to pick up a
phosphate group to become ATP once again !!!!
ADP + Pi +
ENERGY
ATP
ATP
ADP
Respiration: Breaking glucose
down to make ATP
There are two types of
respiration:
Anaerobic
respiration occurs in
the cytoplasm and
aerobic respiration
occurs in the
mitochondria.
CELLULAR RESPIRATION
No Oxygen Present
Alcohol Fermentaion
Pyruvic Acid
OR
Pyruvate
Lactic Acid
Fermentation
In the cytoplasm
With Oxygen
Present
36 ATP
Cytoplasm
2
2
32
Aerobic Respiration—Produces 36 ATP molecules !!!
WHOA !!!
2 Pyruvic Acid
Happens in the cytoplasm !!!
There are two main categories of
Cell Respiration
• Aerobic Respiration – Breaks down glucose
completely and creates a total of 38 ATP and
a net of 36 ATP
• Anaerobic Respiration (Fermentation) –
Breaks down glucose only partially and
creates a total of 4 ATP and net of 2 ATP
– Lactic Acid Fermentation—animals, bacteria
– Alcoholic Fermentation—fungi like yeast, plants
• Each reaction requires 2ATP to activate
them.
Alcohol Fermentation is used to make
bread and alcohol products – using
yeast
Produces CO2 and alcohol—In
making bread—alcohol burns off and
CO2 makes bread rise—In producing
alcohols, the alcohol is used to produce
the beverage, CO2 is released--
No oxygen present in some plants or fungiAnaerobic Fermentation--Alcohol Fermentation
2 Pyruvic Acid
Lactic Acid Fermentation is used to
make yogurt and some cheeses – the
producer of these is bacteria
OR
, When muscle exertion happens and
oxygen is depleted to the cells,lactic
acid builds up in animal cells and causes
muscle fatigue and sore muscles the
next day ! Give them a rest and Normal
Aerobic Respiration takes over and
creates ATP and soreness goes away !!!!!
No oxygen present in animals and some bacteria.
Anaerobic Fermentation--Lactic Acid Fermentation
2 Pyruvic Acid
2 Lactic Acid
We use lactic acid fermentation
• When we don’t have enough oxygen for our
ATP requirements in our muscles.
Short – bursts of energy – anaerobic exercise
• The lactic acid is what causes cramps when
you don’t stretch (increase blood flow to the
muscle)
• This lactic acid has to go back to the liver
where it is turned back into glucose. Oxygen
Debt – You have to continue to breathe hard in
order to make more ATP to convert lactic acid
back to glucose.
• Important in the Fight or Flight mechanism in
animals !
Glucose
Pyruvic Acid
Without Oxygen
Without Oxygen
With Oxygen
Lactic Acid(Muscle Lab)
(animals &
bacteria)
Ethanol—
Yeast & Apple Juice MiniLab-(only some fungi and
some plants)
CYTOPLASM
(2)
Pyruvic
Acid
+2 ATP
+2 ATP
+about 32 ATP
ABOUT
36 ATP !
CELLULAR AEROBIC RESPIRATION