4.1 Flashcards
aerobic cellular respiration
a process that uses oxygen to get energy from organic compounds
in the absence of oxygen:
- alcoholic fermentation (yeast)
2. (lactic acid fermentation (humans)
What happens during cellular respiration?
- glucose is oxidized
2. oxygen is reduced
goals of cellular respiration
- break 6-C glucose down and release 6 molecules of carbon dioxide
- move glucose e- to oxygen and combine with H+ ions to form 6 molecules of water
What are the 4 major stages and where do they happen?
- Glycolysis (cytoplasm)
- Oxidative decarboxylation ( aka pyruvate oxidation) (mitochondrial matrix)
- KREBS Cycle (mitochondrial matrix)
- E- transport chain (aka oxidative phosphorylation/OXPHOS) (inner mitochondrial matrix)
when an enzyme transfers phosphates to ADP, thus producing ATP and another product
substate level phosphorylation
glycolysis
the lysing or breaking down of glucose molecules
glucose (6C) is broken down into 2 pyruvate molecules
glycolysis
Investment and pay-off
2 major phases of glycolysis
ATP is used to split up the molecule (steps 1-5)
Investment phase
ATP and NADH are produced (steps 6-10)
Pay-off phase
NAD+
oxidized form
NADH-
reduced form