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How did the glucose molecule get broken down and transported to a cell?
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2 ATP molecules are used to break the glucose molecule into two pyruvate molecules in the cytoplasm. Then the pyruvate travels to the mitochondria, where it is broken down further and produces 34 ATP molecules, which are used to power a cell.
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Why can starch molecules not pass through dialysis tubing?
It is a complicated molecule. the starch molecule is to large to be transported through the cell membrane. it therefore has to be broken down if it is to go though the protein channels.
How do cells use a high calorie molecule such as glucose?
Glucose is broken down and used in the process called cellular respiration. Basically the glucose is converted to ATP, which is used as energy by the cell. Carbon dioxide is released as a product and expelled as waste from the body.
Glucose is a molecule that can move across the cell membrane if the concentration of glucose is high or inside the cell than outside the cell then what will happen by the process of diffusion?
glucose molecules will diffuse out of the cell. apex
Glucose and no other sugar is transported into cells by protein carrier molecules in the cell surface membrane. How do carrier molecules specifically recognize glucose?
the receptors on the protein carrier recognise glucose allowing it to enter the cell :)
What part of the cell is like a gate?
In this analogy, the cell membrane is like a wall, keeping what's in the cell inside, and what is outside of the cell out. However, there are "gates" called receptors. Receptors are large protein molecules embedded in the membrane, with one end outside and one end inside. Different gates, or receptors, permit certain things to enter. For example a glucose receptor lets glucose enter the cell. When a glucose molecule passes a glucose receptor, the glucose molecule is attracted to the receptor by an electric charge. It then binds to the receptor, but now the balance of the charges in the protein molecule has been changed, so the protein molecule changes shape. When it changes shape, it pulls the glucose into the cell and then lets go of the glucose. Now the protein is free to return to its original shape, and the glucose is inside the cell.
What does the cell get when it breaks the bonds of the glucose molecule?
when you break the bonds of the glucose molecule you get energy.
Why can starch molecules not pass through dialysis tubing?
It is a complicated molecule. the starch molecule is to large to be transported through the cell membrane. it therefore has to be broken down if it is to go though the protein channels.
What is the name for the energy molecule that is released in cellular respiration?
In cellular respiration, glucose created in photosynthesis is broken down over three stages into the energy molecule adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. This molecule is then used to power various functions of the cell.
Sugar molecule that provides the cell with energy?
glucose
What substance is transported by hemoglobin?
The hemoglobin molecule is what the oxygen molecule will attach to in the red blood cell.
There is a need for glucose inside a cell but the glucose molecule is too large to pass through the cell membrane. How does the cell solve this problem?
It transports the glucose through transport proteins.
There is a need for glucose inside a cell but the glucose molecule is too large to pass through the cell membrane How does the cell solve this problem?
It transports the glucose through transport proteins.
How do cells use a high calorie molecule such as glucose?
Glucose is broken down and used in the process called cellular respiration. Basically the glucose is converted to ATP, which is used as energy by the cell. Carbon dioxide is released as a product and expelled as waste from the body.
What is the job of cabohydrates?
Carbohydrates have many jobs. The top two are cell structure, as some cell membranes are made up of carbohydrates, and energy. Glucose, the molecule broken down into the energy needed for all cell processes, is a carbohydrate.
Glucose is a molecule that can move across the cell membrane if the concentration of glucose is high or inside the cell than outside the cell then what will happen by the process of diffusion?
glucose molecules will diffuse out of the cell. apex
What is a molecule used by glucose as a piggyback into and out of the cell in the process of active transport?
The glucose transporter is a membrane bound protein that binds to glucose and mediates it's transport into or out of the cell.
If the concentration of glucose in the water outside the cell is higher than the concentration inside the cell what will happen?
Water will move out of the cell. Glucose will not move into the cell without the help of a helper molecule. Glucose molecules will diffuse into the cell.(APEX)
