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@ziggurat@lemmy.world
- Comment on Bombs Awat 3 days ago:
The math actually works, and is quite simple. Just assume the fish is a sphere
- Comment on Withdrawal is going to make people go mad 1 week ago:
No, need to keep the peasants to tired to revolt
- Comment on Withdrawal is going to make people go mad 1 week ago:
You can grow a banana at home. Dwarf banana plants can grow inside. The normal size banana plant is not living room sized, no wonder people think they grow on trees
But how many people drink coffee? And how many bananas can you grow for your self?
- Comment on Premium Ads 1 week ago:
Is it really a bug or is it just boiling the frog slowly?
- Comment on Premium Ads 1 week ago:
Is it really a fluke or just boiling the frog slowly?
- Comment on Premium Ads 1 week ago:
I use gray Jay instead, it has become really good the last wave of updates. Wife is on revanced, I’ll change her over if gray jay adds shorts.
There is still a few paper cut issues with it, but over all I prefer gray jay over the official YouTube app.
- Comment on Little dude ATP 1 week ago:
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) functions as the primary energy currency of the cell, enabling various biological processes. Here’s an explanation of how ATP works on a molecular level:
Structure of ATP
ATP is composed of three main components:
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Adenine: A nitrogenous base.
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Ribose: A five-carbon sugar molecule, which together with adenine forms adenosine.
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Three Phosphate Groups: Linked sequentially through high-energy bonds.
Energy Storage and Release
The key to ATP’s function lies in the high-energy bonds between its phosphate groups, particularly the bond between the second (beta) and third (gamma) phosphate groups.
- Hydrolysis of ATP:
When ATP is hydrolyzed (reacts with water), it loses its terminal (gamma) phosphate group, releasing energy.
The reaction is:
\text{ATP} + \text{H}_2\text{O} \rightarrow \text{ADP} + \text{P}_i + \text{Energy}
- Energy Release:
The hydrolysis of ATP releases about 30.5 kJ/mol (7.3 kcal/mol) of energy.
This energy is used to perform cellular work, such as muscle contraction, active transport across cell membranes, and chemical synthesis.
Mechanism of ATP Utilization
- Phosphorylation:
ATP transfers its phosphate group to another molecule (a process called phosphorylation), making that molecule more reactive.
This is often facilitated by enzymes known as kinases.
- Energy Coupling:
Cells couple the exergonic reaction of ATP hydrolysis with endergonic reactions (reactions that require energy).
For example, during muscle contraction, ATP hydrolysis provides the energy for the motor protein myosin to move along actin filaments.
ATP Synthesis
ATP is regenerated from ADP through cellular respiration, which consists of three main stages:
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Glycolysis: Breakdown of glucose into pyruvate, producing a small amount of ATP.
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Citric Acid Cycle (Krebs Cycle): Further breakdown of metabolic products, generating electron carriers (NADH and FADH2).
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Oxidative Phosphorylation:
Electrons from NADH and FADH2 are transferred through the electron transport chain in the inner mitochondrial membrane.
This creates a proton gradient that drives ATP synthesis via ATP synthase.
ATP Synthase Function
ATP synthase is a complex enzyme that synthesizes ATP from ADP and using the energy derived from the proton gradient.
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Proton Gradient: Protons flow back into the mitochondrial matrix through ATP synthase.
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Rotational Catalysis:
The flow of protons causes the rotation of a part of ATP synthase.
This mechanical energy drives the chemical synthesis of ATP from ADP and .
In summary, ATP serves as a molecular battery, storing energy in its high-energy phosphate bonds and releasing it upon hydrolysis to fuel various cellular activities. Its synthesis and utilization are tightly regulated processes essential for life.
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- Comment on Here are the patents Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing Palworld over 1 week ago:
But code subject to copyright (which I agree with the concept of but it needs a reform). While concepts and ideas in computer programs and games can be patented (which I think is tremendously stupid)
- Comment on Here are the patents Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing Palworld over 1 week ago:
Can you explain? I wish this was true but I don’t believe it
- Comment on Dear Americans, be prepare to get screwed! 2 weeks ago:
Same as last time
- Comment on Dear Americans, be prepare to get screwed! 2 weeks ago:
Used electronics you already own goes brrr Used electronics for sale will go up in price, because the seller needs money to buy new electronics or maybe food
- Comment on Fuckers took the whole bowl! Kids these days 3 weeks ago:
Hahahaha, this is almost what happened to my daughter 2 years ago.
Neighbor is Vi, wife is Filipina. I don’t know why the viet neighbor family don’t celebrate Halloween, they are catholics (don’t know how many viet are) and their youngest kid is a teenager. But that is their business, so I don’t put my nose down that rabbit hole. Daughter then 3, rings their door bell for trick or treat. She insisted, in ringing their doorbell, it’s the only house she insisted rining, why? Because we told her trick or treating is going out to scare the neighbors. And the word neighbor is mostly used to our next door Viet neighbors, because our doors are so close.
Anyway, daughter ring the door bell. They don’t have anything ready, the mother goes and gets a pack of instant noodles for my daughter. This made my daughter so happy, all the candy she got was secondary to this pack of instant noodles. The memory of these noodles outlived the memory of any candy she got both two years ago and last year. She rang the door bell again this year but they didn’t open, she now 5, was mildly sad that she didn’t get another pack of noodles.
- Comment on Five flavors 🤤 4 weeks ago:
Yes, unless you are Coolio or prince
- Comment on Five flavors 🤤 4 weeks ago:
Weird al ruins songs for me, I just forget the original lyrics, and now weird als lyrics is the only thing I can think of when I hear the song
- Comment on Five flavors 🤤 4 weeks ago:
I don’t get this point of view, maybe I should because it sounds logical. But again sometimes I want to listen to harpsichords in E by Bach. And sometimes I want to listen to hallowed be thy name from iron maiden, sometimes I want to listen to a nightmare to remember by dream theater, and sometimes I want to listen to wrong side of heaven by ffdp.
It’s like the same logic that I love eatimg healthy home made delicious filipino food every day of the week, by my excellent cook of a wife. And yet occasionally I get a craving for a menu at burger King with a monster energy drink.
It is as if there is redeemable factors in both
- Comment on Five flavors 🤤 4 weeks ago:
Don’t everyone have both nymphetamine fix and the power of love in the same Playlist?
- Comment on 10001 4 weeks ago:
So you can do all mathematical operations in binary, but you can’t represent all numbers in binary like 0.3, which is a repeating number, and had the same issues as a number like 1/3 in decimal where you can’t avoid rounding errors
- Comment on Anon plays Splatoon 1 month ago:
Wife is one of those typicals, she says they have both orange and green oranges, depending on the type. I asked her what type is green, and we have the same type here but it’s orange.
Also Fanta is yellow, btw
- Comment on Anon finds the culprit 1 month ago:
Positive link? Does that mean more autism symptoms?
- Comment on My Empire of Podsols 3 months ago:
I don’t know how to speak music, but I’ll try. I think the dissonant notes together with i believe micro tonal pitch bending (maybe I don’t know i have bad pitch) in the original better illustrate the discomfort of Trent very poetically.
Also Cash sensoring the original lyrics is okay, but it doesn’t deliver has hard.
Don’t get me wrong, both versions are beautiful, and this is just nit picking
- Comment on The only thing keeping us Millennials going at this point 11 months ago:
He’s not 65 right now
- Comment on Its most common use case is interrupting games 11 months ago:
This sounds like something that could actually happen back before Ubuntu became a thing.
Don’t misunderstand me, ubtuntu didn’t solve this particular problem, but they did make a good for the time distro