3.4

Cellular Energy

AP Biology

Cellular energy

Laws of thermodynamics in biology

First law: conservation of energy

Second law: entropy increases

Free energy ($G$)

ATP: the energy currency

ATP structure

ATP hydrolysis

ATP synthesis

The ATP cycle

Energy coupling

Phosphorylation

Electron carriers

Oxidation and reduction (redox reactions)

Metabolic pathways

Overview: photosynthesis vs cellular respiration

Vocabulary