Round And Round It Goes
a: Atp ~
b: a turnstile
What: ATP Cycle is Like a Turnstile Through which Energy Passes During Transfers from high energy pathways to lower energy pathways.
Writer: Not stated
LCC: QP
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 23 2012 3:46 PM
Puff It Goes If Not Used.....
a: Atp ~
b: a battery that lasts a very short time
What: "Half life of ATP is like a minute. The cycle goes very rapidly. You want
these substances to be in some kind of balance - hopefully you don't use
more ATP than you can produce!"
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where:
Date: May 1 2013 12:16 PM
Smoldering Currency
a: Atp ~
b: a dollar that burns up if not spent
What: As noted, the half life of this very high energy molecule is very short. It is so reactive that is will only last about 30 to 60 seconds. So it is constantly being produced, that's why we all gotta eat, but it also constantly being used.
Writer: Lucretia
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 1 2013 12:18 PM
Spend Spend Spend.....
a: Atp ~
b: currency in an economy
What: "ATP is like currency in an economy: cells earn it by exergonic reactions and can spend it in endergonic reactions that drive cellular activities."
Writer: Not Stated
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Where:
Date: May 1 2013 12:21 PM
The Little Engine That Linked The Other Cars
a: Atp ~
b: train engine at a rail yard
What: "ATP in the chloroplast IS NOT used
to power the cell. Rather, this ATP is exclusively used to make sugar molecules. The longer the chain of sugars, the more ATP that is needed.
In a way, the chloroplast ATP is like a train engine at a rail yard,attaching individual rail cars to each other. Just as train cars will not form trains by themselves and need the engine to put a train together, sugar molecules need the energy of ATP to be turned into simple sugars, starches, and fibers." On page 5 of the linked PDF file.
Writer: C. Kohn
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Where:
Date: May 1 2013 12:25 PM
Molecular Flintlock
a: Atp ~
b: a gun that can only fire one shot
What: "ATP is like a gun that can only fire one shot." The article is a comparison between ATP, which gives up 1 phosphate at a time, with a gun that reloads slowly.
Writer: Johngol
LCC:
Where:
Date: May 1 2013 12:28 PM
a: Atp synthase ~
b: rotary motor
What:
"For example, the ribosome is organized into two subunits that join to read mRNA and then split after the protein is made. The barrel-like proteasome consists of four stacked rings around a central core lined with protein-degrading enzymes. ATP synthase is like a rotary motor powered by the proton flow along the membrane "
Writer: Prof. Dr. Werner Kuhlbrandt
LCC:
Where:
Date: Dec 18 2014 11:25 AM
a: ATP synthase ~
b: a turbine in a dam
Writer: Dr. Carol Hardy & Dr. Tyson Sacco
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Where:
Date: Dec 18 2014 11:27 AM
a: ATP synthase ~
b: cylinder
What:
"Using chemical methods Paul Boyer proposed that ATP synthase is like a cylinder with alternating alpha and beta subunits. An asymmetrical gamma subunit in the middle of the cylinder causes changes in the structure of the beta subunits when it rotates (100 r.p.s.). He termed these structures open (betaO), loose (betaL) and tight (betaT)."
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where:
Date: Dec 18 2014 11:29 AM
a: Atp synthase ~
b: connecting the circuit
What:
"Opening the ATP Synthase is like connecting the circuit. The charged particles can now flow through the circuit. In this case, the tiny molecular motor that they drive is the ATP Synthase."
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Dec 18 2014 11:30 AM
a: ATP synthase ~
b: a turbine
What:
" ATP synthase is like a turbine where higher concentrations of H+ leads to more energy trapping and ATP formation and vice-versa. CoQ10 is the important coenzyme responsible for taking up electrons and pushing H+ into the intermembrane space."
Writer: Sanjeev Anand et al.
LCC:
Where:
Date: Dec 18 2014 11:35 AM
a: Atp hydrolysis ~
b: a good investment
What:
"ATP hydrolysis is like a good investment. of energy released upon formation of the new Though it requires some seed money to bonds in the products is greater."
The linked book is fantastic forvisual learners."A Visual Analogy Guide to Human Anatomy and Physiology" 2013
Writer: Paul A. Krieger
LCC:
Where:
Date: Feb 21 2014 3:01 PM
a: stopping ATP formation ~
b: poison
What:
"Stuff that stops ATP formation is like poison. It makes the cell stop making energy. Unless it starts making energy anerobically the cell is going to die.Cyanide does that. "
Writer: Sara S
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Where:
Date: Dec 18 2014 10:17 AM
