Importance if metabolism

Ways of gaining energy

Complex pathways unified by

Redox reactions

Yeast fermentation

Regulation of fermentation

Why reduced ATP yield of glucose?

What is external electron acceptor used?

NADPH and FADH2

Electron Transport Chain Structure

Theory of ETC

Mobile electron carriers

Mobile hydrogen carriers

Large transmembrane protein complexes

Use of ETC regulated and flexible

Metabolic flexibility in Chemolithotrophic Bacteria

Challenges for harvesting light

Photosynthetic organisms

Chlorophyll light absorption

Charge separation

Chlorophyll

Z scheme

Photosystem consists of light harvesting complex and reaction centre operating together

Reaction centre

Electron acceptors in PII

Photosynthetic electron transport chain

Role of Ferrodoxin

3 challenges of carbon fixation

Discovery of CBB cycle

RuBisCO

The cycle

Regulation of cycle

Side reactions of RUBISCO

Oxidation

Misfire reactions

Repair Pathways

Pre emption

Overview