AP Biology Chapter 6
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| 934430923 | Metabolism | The collection of chemical reactions that occur in an organism | 0 | |
| 934430924 | Metabolic Pathways | Series of linked, enzymatically controlled chemical reactions. | 1 | |
| 934430925 | Catabolic | A process in which large molecules are broken down | 2 | |
| 934430926 | Anabolic | A process in which large molecules are built from small molecules | 3 | |
| 934430927 | Energy | The capacity to cause change | 4 | |
| 934430928 | Kinetic Energy | Energy associated with motion. | 5 | |
| 934430929 | Thermal Energy | Energy associated with the random movement of atoms or molecules | 6 | |
| 934430930 | Heat | Thermal energy in transfer from one object to another | 7 | |
| 934430931 | Potential Energy | Energy related to the location or structure of matter | 8 | |
| 934430932 | Chemical Energy | A form of potential energy that is stored in chemical bonds between atoms. | 9 | |
| 934430933 | The First Law Of Thermodynamics | Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or transformed | 10 | |
| 934430934 | Second Law Of Thermodynamics | Every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe | 11 | |
| 934430935 | Spontaneous Processes | Processes that require no outside input of energy | 12 | |
| 934430936 | Entropy | The measure of the disorder or chaos of the universe | 13 | |
| 934430937 | Free Energy | Energy that can do work under cellular conditions | 14 | |
| 934430938 | Exergonic | Chemical reactions that release energy | 15 | |
| 934430939 | Endergonic | A chemical reaction that requires the input of energy in order to proceed | 16 | |
| 934430940 | ATP | (adenosine triphosphate) main energy source that cells use for most of their work | 17 | |
| 934430941 | Energy Coupling | The use of an exergonic process to drive an endergonic one | 18 | |
| 934430942 | Phosphorylated Intermediate | A molecule with a phosphate group covalently bound to it, making it more reactive that the unphosphorylated molecule | 19 | |
| 934430943 | Active Site | Region of an enzyme into which a particular substrate fits and reacts | 20 | |
| 934430944 | Substrate | A specific reactant acted upon by an enzyme | 21 | |
| 934430945 | Induced Fit | The change in shape of the active site of an enzyme so that it binds more snugly to the substrate, induced by entry of the substrate | 22 | |
| 934430946 | Competitive Inhibitor | A substance that reduces the activity of an enzyme by entering the active site in place of the substrate whose structure it mimics | 23 | |
| 934430947 | Noncompetitive Inhibitor | A substance that reduces the activity of an enzyme by binding to a location remote from the active site, changing its conformation so that it no longer binds to the substrate | 24 | |
| 934430948 | Allosteric Regulation | The binding of a regulatory molecule to a protein at one site that affects the function of the protein at a different site | 25 | |
| 934430949 | Cooperativity | A form of allosteric regulation that can amplify enzyme activity | 26 | |
| 934430950 | Feedback Inhibition | A method of metabolic control in which the end product of a metabolic pathway acts as an inhibitor of an enzyme within that pathway | 27 |
