Chapter 3. Integrated and Organized Cellular Energetic Systems: Theories of Cell Energetics, Compartmentation, and Metabolic Channeling

  1. Prof. Valdur Saks2,3,4
  1. Prof. Valdur Saks2,3,4,
  2. Claire Monge3,
  3. Tiia Anmann4,
  4. Petras P. Dzeja1

Published Online: 22 NOV 2007

DOI: 10.1002/9783527621095.ch3

Molecular System Bioenergetics: Energy for Life

Molecular System Bioenergetics: Energy for Life

How to Cite

Saks, V., Monge, C., Anmann, T. and Dzeja, P. P. (2007) Integrated and Organized Cellular Energetic Systems: Theories of Cell Energetics, Compartmentation, and Metabolic Channeling, in Molecular System Bioenergetics: Energy for Life (ed V. Saks), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany. doi: 10.1002/9783527621095.ch3

Editor Information

  1. 2

    J. Fourier University, Laboratory of Bioenergetics, 2280 rue de la Piscine, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

  2. 3

    Université Joseph Fourier, Bioénergétique Fondamentale et Appliquée, INSERM U884, BP 53X, 38041 Grenoble Cedex, France

  3. 4

    National Institute of Chemical and Biological Physics, Laboratory of Bioenergetics, Akadeemia tee 23, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia

Author Information

  1. 1

    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology, and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 559095, USA

  2. 2

    J. Fourier University, Laboratory of Bioenergetics, 2280 rue de la Piscine, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

  3. 3

    Université Joseph Fourier, Bioénergétique Fondamentale et Appliquée, INSERM U884, BP 53X, 38041 Grenoble Cedex, France

  4. 4

    National Institute of Chemical and Biological Physics, Laboratory of Bioenergetics, Akadeemia tee 23, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 22 NOV 2007
  2. Published Print: 19 SEP 2007

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9783527317875

Online ISBN: 9783527621095

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Keywords:

  • molecular system bioenergetics;
  • biological oxidation;
  • basic principles;
  • organization;
  • dynamics;
  • cellular energetics;
  • compartmentation;
  • metabolic channeling

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Abstract

  • Introduction

  • Theoretical Basis of Cellular Metabolism and Bioenergetics

    • Thermodynamic Laws, Energy Metabolism, and Cellular Organization

    • Chemical and Electrochemical Potentials: Energy of Transmembrane Transport and Metabolic Reactions

    • Non-equilibrium, Steady-state Conditions

    • Free Energy Changes and the Problem of Intracellular Organization of Metabolism

    • Macromolecular Crowding, Heterogeneity of Diffusion, Compartmentation, and Vectorial Metabolism

      • Heterogeneity of Intracellular Diffusion and Metabolic Channeling

      • Compartmentation Phenomenon and Vectorial Metabolism

  • Compartmentalized Energy Transfer and Metabolic Sensing

    • Compartmentation of Adenine Nucleotides in Cardiac Cells

    • Unitary (Modular) Organization of Energy Metabolism and Compartmentalized Energy Transfer in Cardiac Cells

    • Functional Coupling of Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase and Adenine Nucleotide Translocase

      • Kinetic Evidence of Functional Coupling

      • Thermodynamic Evidence of Functional Coupling

    • Heterogeneity of ADP Diffusion in Permeabilized Cells: Importance of Structural Organization

    • Evidence for the Importance of Functional Coupling for Cell Life

    • Myofibrillar Creatine Kinase

    • Membrane-bound Creatine Kinases and Membrane Energy Sensing

    • The Mechanism of Acute Contractile Failure of the Ischemic Heart

    • Creatine Kinase System in Brain Cells

    • Maxwell's Demon and Organized Cellular Metabolism

  • References