BIO 111 Study Objectives for Chapter 8

 

  1. What is metabolism? Bioenergetics?
  2. What is the difference between a catabolic pathway and an anabolic pathway?
  3. What is energy? Potential energy? Kinetic energy?
  4. What are the two laws of thermodynamics, and how do they relate to energy?
  5. What is free energy?
  6. What are the differences between exergonic reactions and endergonic reactions?
  7. What is ATP and how does it work?
  8. What is an enzyme? What do they do?
  9. Know what is meant by the following with relation to enzymes: substrate, product, active site, allosteric site, cofactor, coenzyme.
  10. What are factors that affect enzyme activity?
  11. What is the difference between competitive inhibitors and noncompetitive inhibitors?
  12. What is feedback inhibition?