lecture 14 part 1 cellular respiration Flashcards
cellular respiration
is the catabolism of organic molecules to yieldenergy that is used to regenerate ATP
why is cellular respiration critical for life
because so many cellular processes are dependent on ATP
what are the three types of cellular respiration
-aerobic respiration
-anaerobic respiration
-fermentation
aerobic respiration
most efficient pathway for generating energy to make ATP
-consumes organic moleq + O2
-produces CO2 + H2O
fermentation
a particular degradation of sugars rgar occurs without O2 (humans can only do this short term)
anaerobic respiration
similar to aerobic respiration but consumes compounds other than O2
does fermentation or anaerobic respiration produce more ATP
anaerobic respiration
what is best way to trace cellular respiration
glucose
O2 in cellular respiration is reduced or oxidized
reduced
glucose in cellilar respiration is reduced or oxidixed
oxidized
redox rxn
one molecule is oxidized and other is reduced so there are exchange of e-
most energy captured during oxidation of glucose is transferred where
to the sites of ATP synthesis by e- carrier moleqs in cellular respiration