BIOHACK NOTES
RESPIRATION
IN PLANTS
• Based on active recall and spaced repetition
• Target 360/360 in NEET Biology & 100/100 in Boards!
• GLYCOLYSIS & FERMENTATION
1) The breakdown of glucose to pyruvic acid is called _______
2) Glycolysis was given by _______, ______, _______
3) First step of glycolysis is catalysed by the enzyme ?
4) Net ATP and NADPH produced in glycolysis per 4 glucose molecule are _______
5) Write all the reactions of glycolysis and all the enzymes involved with cofactors & energy equivalents.
6) What are the three fates of pyruvic acid produced ?
7) Yeast converts pyruvic acid to ______ and ______
8) Write the 2 reactions and also the enzymes involved in this reactions.
9) Pyruvic acid is reduced to lactic acid by enzyme ________
10) In both lactic acid and alcohol fermentation, less than ____ % of the total energy is released.
11) Yeast poison themselves to death at ___ % of alcohol.
• AEROBIC RESPIRATION, TCA & ETS
12) In which reaction pyruvate dehydrogenase is used and where is it found ?
13) Write the linking reaction between glycolysis and Krebs' cycle.
14) TCA cycle starts with the condensation of _______ with ______ and water to yield _______
15) First step of TCA is catalysed by?
16) Describe the two steps in which decarboxylation occurs.
17) In which reaction of Krebs' cycle, GTP is synthesised? (NEET)
18) Draw the whole Krebs' cycle with enzymes, coenzymes and energy equivalents produced.
19) ______ is the first member of the Krebs' cycle.
20) Krebs' cycle can be summarized as 1 reaction as –
21) What is the role of NADH in cellular respiration? (NEET)
22) ETS have ______ number of complexes. Name them.
23) Electron from Complex 1 are passed to _______
24) Reduced ubiquinone is called ________
25) Complex 4 contains (4)
26) Cyt c is attached to the inner surface of outer mitochondrial membrane. T/F
27) Cyt c act as a mobile carrier for transport of electrons between _____ and _____
28) Write the whole ETC with each and every element as
given in the NCERT diagram.
• OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION &
RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT
29) 5 molecules of NADH give _____ ATP.
30) ____ molecules of FADH₂ give 8 ATP.
31) For each ATP, __ H⁺ passes through the ATP synthase.
32) NADH pumps ___ H⁺ into intermembrane space.
33) ______ acts as a final e- acceptor.
34) In aerobic respiration, 1 molecule of glucose produces _____ ATP.
35) NADH oxidation is slow in fermentation. T/F
36) Fats and carbohydrate metabolism are interlinked by?
37) Which biomolecule is common in breakdown of fats, carbohydrate and protein? (NEET)
38) Define RQ.
39) RQ of carbohydrate is ____
40) RQ of fats is _____
41) RQ of tripalmitin is _____
42) RQ of protein is about ____
43) In germinating seeds, fermentation occurs. T/F
44) ATP synthase is also called _______
RESPIRATION
IN PLANTS
ANSWERS
• GLYCOLYSIS & FERMENTATION 3) Hexokinase
1) Glycolysis 4) 8 ATP, 0 NADPH
2) Gustav Embden, Otto Meyerhof, and J. Parnas 5) Glycolysis
6) Alcoholic fermentation, lactic acid fermentation 9) Lactate dehydrogenase
and aerobic respiration 10) 7
7) CO₂ and ethanol 11) 13
8) Pyruvic acid formed at the end of glycolysis is • AEROBIC RESPIRATION, TCA, ETS
converted to alcohol by using two enzymes, pyruvic 12) It is used for converting Pyruvic acid to acetyl
acid decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase. CoA, it is found in mitochondria
• In the first step, pyruvic acid is decarboxylated 13) Pyruvic acid + CoA + NAD⁺ Pyruvate decarboxylase
Mg²⁺
resulting in the formation of acetaldehyde and CO₂. Acetyl CoA + CO₂ + NADH + H⁺
2CH₃COCOOH Pyruvic acid decarboxylase 14) Acetyl CoA, OAA, Citric acid
Mg²⁺ 2CH₃CHO + 2CO₂ 15) Citrate synthase
• In the second step, acetaldehyde is reduced to 16) Oxalosuccinic acid to alpha-ketoglutarate, alpha-
alcohol by 2NADH + H⁺. ketoglutarate to succinyl CoA
2CH₃CHO + 2NADH + 2H⁺ Alcohol dehydrogenase 17) Succinate to fumarate
2C₂H₅OH 2NAD⁺ 18) Krebs' cycle
Mnemonics to remember Krebs' cycle - 22) 4, Names are -
1. CCIO - alpha keto vala bichara hai isliye aise hi I. NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase
yaad kar lo - Saas Sasur Father II. succinate dehydrogenase or succinate-CoQ
Mother - Oxalo reductase
2. Oh Citric acid Is Ofcourse A Silly Stupid Funny III. cytochrome bc1 complex or CoQH₂-cytochrome c
Molecules. reductase
You can choose according to which suits you best. IV. cytochrome c oxidase
19) OAA 23) Ubiquinone
20) Pyruvic acid + 4NAD⁺ + FAD⁺ 2H₂O + ADP + Pi 24) Ubiquinol
Mitochondrial Matrix 3CO₂ + 4NADH + 4H⁺ 25) Cyt a, Cyt a₃, 2 Cu centres
+ FADH₂ + ATP 26) F
21) It act as a electron carrier 27) Complex III and IV
28) ETS
• OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION
& RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT
29) 15
30) 4
31) 2
32) 6
33) Oxygen
34) 38
35) T
36) DHAP or PGAL
37) Acetyl CoA
38) Volume of CO₂ evolved/Volume of O₂ consumed
39) 1
40) Less than 1
41) 0.7
42) 0.9
43) T
44) Oxysome
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