Fermentation and respiration lab

Outline of the day

1. Turn in your lab reports at the front – More than 10 minutes late = bad 2.

Any questions on last week’s lab?

3. Quiz 4. Introduction to the lab 5. Lab!

6. Check out • Get a stamp • Make sure I mark you down for attendance

Quiz

• Ends 10 minutes after it’s started – Ends at: ____

Lab this week!

• Exploring metabolism!

– Fermentation – Factors that affect enzyme reaction rates – Heat production by seedlings – Oxygen consumption by insects

Yeast Fermentation

• Yeast normally do oxidative metabolism – Just like us (glucose + O 2 -> CO 2 + H 2 O) • When yeast run out of O 2 – They do fermentation, producing alcohol and CO 2 Missing image: Image showing the reactions of anaerobic metabolism in yeast

Metabolism – the minute summary

Glucose -> -> Pyruvate -> -> NADH & FADH 2 -> ->ATP • Glycolysis – Glucose -> Pyruvate – Produces 2 ATP • Electron transport chain – Uses NADH, FADH 2 to produce ATP – Consumes O 2 , produces H 2 O • Krebs cycle – Big cycle with many reactions – Produces CO 2 Missing image: Image showing mitochondria that can help illustrate the above reactions..

Citric acid cycle ccbyasa by Mike Jones at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TCA.svg

TCA cycle

• We’re going to look at just one reaction.

Key experimental point

• Normal reaction: Succinate Fumarate FAD • Our experiment: – We’re substituting DPIP for FAD FADH 2 Succinate Fumarate DPIP (blue color) DPIPH 2 (colorless)

Color change will indicate the reaction’s progress

Succinate Fumarate DPIP (blue color) DPIPH 2 (colorless) • As the reaction progresses, our solution will change from blue to clear – But this change will be too small to see, so we’ll use spectrophotometers

Measuring oxygen consumption

• How does it work?

– Insects consume oxygen • Literally remove it from the atmosphere – (use it for oxidative respiration) – Insects product carbon dioxide • Add it to the atmosphere – (product of oxidative respiration) – KOH absorbs carbon dioxide • So, the volume of gas in the chamber will reduce by the amount of oxygen consumed KOH (Note: This picture is of a different setup than we will use) Photo of

Manduca sexta

by Marc Perkins

What are mealworms?

• They’re beetle larvae!

Mealworms ccbynd by hans s at http://flickr.com/photos/archeon/15103838/ Adult by attirb by http://www.entomart.be/listetotale.html from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tenebrio_molitor01.jpg

Key points

• NaF is an enzyme inhibitor • Remember how pipettes work • Practice with the spectrophotometer – Time is critical • For respiration – KOH is a chemical that absorbs carbon dioxide • So the volume of gas in the chamber will reduce as the insect metabolizes

Before you leave

• Clean up your work area – Wash glassware and store upside down • Show me your lab report so I can stamp it – Need to have all data fields filled in – Complete at home and then turn in at the beginning of next lab • Remember that we’ll have a quiz at the beginning of the next class – 6-7 questions on today’s lab – 3-4 questions on the lab we’ll do next week

Notes for the instructor:

• Add any relevant cleanup instructions to the final slide (that slide is a generic one I’m adding to each presentation).

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