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Chapter 9: Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
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Overview: Life Is Work
Concept 9.1: Catabolic Pathways Yield Energy By Oxidizing Organic Fuels
o Catabolic Pathways and Production of ATP
o Redox Reactions: Oxidation and Reduction
Concept 9.2: Glycolysis Harvests Chemical Energy By Oxidizing Glucose To Pyruvate
Concept 9.3: The Citric Acid Cycle
Concept 9.4: During Oxidative Phosphorylation, Chemiososmosis Couples Electron Transport to ATP Synthesis
o The Pathway of Electron Transport
o Chemiosmosis: The Energy-Coupling Mechanism
o An Accounting of ATP Production by Cellular Respiration
Concept 9.5: Fermentation Enables Some Cells To Produce ATP Without The Use of Oxygen
o Types of Fermentation
o Fermentation and Cellular Respiration Compared
o The Evolutionary Significance of Glycolysis
Concept 9.6: Glycolysis and the Citric Acid Cycle Connect To Many Other Metabolic Pathways
o The Versatility of Catabolism
o Biosynthesis
o Regulation of Cellular Respiration via Feedback Mechanisms
Chapter 10: Photosynthesis
Overview: The Process That Feeds The Biosphere
Concept 10.1: Photosynthesis Converts Light Energy To The Chemical Energy of Food
o Chloroplasts: The Sites of Photosynthesis in Plants
o Tracking Atoms Through Photosynthesis
o The Two Stages of Photosynthesis: A Preview
Concept 10.2: The Light Reactions Convert Solar Energy To Chemical Energy
o The Nature of Sunlight
o Photosynthetic Pigments: The Light Receptors
o Excitation of Chlorophyll By Light
o A Photosystem: A Reaction Center Associated With Light-Harvesting Complexes
o Noncyclic Electron Flow
o Cyclic Electron Flow
o A Comparison of Chemiosmosis in Chloroplasts and Mitochondria
Concept 10.3: The Calvin Cycle Uses ATP and NADPH to convert CO2 to sugar
Concept 10.4: Alternative Mechanisms of Carbon Fixation
o Photorespiration: An Evolutionary Relic?
o C4 plants
o CAM plants
o The Importance of Photosynthesis: A Review