Tuesday, February 5, 2008

just what is phosphorylation

by PHOSPHORYLATION... adding a phosphate to ADP ADP + P ------> ATP

a) substrate level phosphorylation... where a substrate molecule ( X-p )
donates its P to ADP making ATP

b) chemiosmosis –
[Oxidative Phosphorylation of Krebs cycle & ETC]... food substrates donate e- &
protons to acceptor molecules [NADH], i.e., oxidation.
NADH gives up electrons & protons
are pumped out of mitochondria (or the chloroplasts in photosynthesis);
protons diffuse back into mito thru an enzyme - ATPase, the ATPase enzyme makes ADP + P --> ATP

http://student.ccbcmd.edu/biotutorials/energy/chemios.html

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