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Describe The Process Of Carbohydrates

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In order for our bodies to function properly, we need to consume macro- and micronutrients. Carbohydrates are major macronutrients. In order to utilise Carbohydrates, our body needs to digest them. This happens in a sequence of events.

Carbohydrate digestion goes trough two processes. Glycolysis is the first process and the common metabolic pathway is the second process. Glycolysis occurs in ten stages.
Glucose breakdown begins in the mouth, where ∝-amylase starts to break down some of the polysaccharide linkages. The polysaccharides bypass the stomach and enter the small intestine and pancreatic digestive enzymes break them further down into disaccharides and monosaccharides. Via active transport, the monosaccharides are then transported …show more content…

The main purpose of the CAC is to create the reduced coenzymes, which serves as an electron donor in the electron-transport-chain (ETC) and oxidative-phosphorylation (OP).
ETC and OP take place on the inner mitochondrial membrane. Protein channels as complex I, complex III and complex IV connect the mitochondrial matrix with the intermembrane space (ISM).
When NADH is oxidised to NAD+ it donates 2 electrons in the process. This starts a sequence of redox reactions in complexes I, III and IV. The 2 electrons are passed between the complexes and protons are pumped across the membrane.
In complex II, FADH2 is oxidized to FAD and donates 2 electrons to mobile carrier Coenzyme Q10 and passes those down the ETC. As electrons are passed on from one electron carrier to another, H^+ions are pumped through the electron carrier complexes from the matrix to the IMS. This results in a higher concentration of H^+ions on the side of IMS. Therefore an electrochemical gradient occurs. This concentration gradient is used to drive ATP synthase. As electrons flow back down their concentration gradient, every four H^+ions that flow through ATP synthetase, produce one ATP. Oxygen is the final acceptor of the ETC and accepts electrons to create water. Oxygen is vital for the reactions to take place. The production of metabolic water is the most efficient to produce ATP. The difference in the concentration gradient alone is enough to activate Pi to bind to ADP to create ATP. Human bodies need ATP for cellular activity and muscle

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