Ch 9 Flashcards
Fermentation
Partial degradation of sugars that occurs without 02
Alcohol fermentation, lactic acid fermentation
Aerobic respiration
Consumes organic molecules and 02 and yields ATP
Anaerobic respiration
Consumes compounds other than o2
Cellular respiration
Includes both aerobic and anaerobic respiration but is often used to refer to aerobic respiration
Oxidation
Substance loses electrons
Reduction
Substance gains electrons (positive charge is reduced)
Nadh
Passes the electrons to the electron transport chain
Represents stored energy that is tapped to synthesize ATP
Nad+
Reduced form of NADH
Functions as an oxidizing agent during cellular respiration
A coenzyme
Electron acceptor
Glycolysis
Breaks down glucose into two molecules of pyruvate
Sugar splitting, occurs in cytoplasm
02 is not present
Citric acid cycle
Completes the breakdown of pyruvate to co2
Oxidizes organic fuel
Oxidative phosphorylation
Mode of ATP synthesis
Powered by redox reactions in electron transport chain
Substrate level phosphorylation
Few reactions of glycolysis and citric acid cycle
Forms smaller amount of ATP
Phosphorylation
Attachment of a phosphate group to a molecule or ion
Pyruvate oxidation
Process that involves the oxidation of pyruvate to create coa
Steps to cellular respiration
① glycolysis
② pyrvate oxidation and citric acid cycle
③ oxidative phosphorylation: electron transport and chemiosnosis