BIOLOGY 101 UNIT II OUTLINE
 
Cell Energetics
     Laws of thermodynamics
          Law of conservation
          Law of entropy
     Energy flow through living systems
     Oxidation and reduction
     Action of enzymes as catalysts
          Induced fit hypothesis
               cofactors
          effect of heat
          effect of pH
          law of mass action     
     Role of ATP
          structure
          ATP cycle
     Role of coenzymes     
     Metabolism
          Catabolic pathways
          Anabolic pathways
     Cellular respiration
          Mitochondria
               structure
          Glycolysis
          Fermentation
               alcohol
               lactic acid
          Krebs cycle
          Electron transport
          Oxidative phosphorylation
               Chemiosmotic coupling
               ATP synthetase
          Other catabolic pathways
               Lipid catabolism
               Protein     "     
     Photosynthesis
          General equation
          Chloroplasts
               Structure
                    Grana
                    Stroma
          Light absorption
               spectrum
     Photosynthetic pigments
               Chlorophyll a
               Chlorophyll b
               Carotenoids
               absorption spectrums
               action spectrum
     Light trapping reactions
          Photosystems I and II
          Cyclic photophosphorylation
          Photosynthetic phosphorylation
     The Calvin cycle (3 carbon pathway)
     C4 pathway (4 carbon pathway)     
          PEP
          PEP carboxylase
     Photorespiration