Respiration Flashcards
Is a process that breaks down complex carbon compounds into simpler molecules and simultaneously generates ATP.
Respiration
are used to power other metabolic processes
ATPS
respiratory site of the cells (ATP)
Mitochondrion
2 types of Respiration
Aero and Anaero
requires oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor.
Aerobic respiration
respiration without oxygen, often called fermentation
Anaerobic
Importance of respiration
- Production of ATPs
a. Direct Substrate Phosporylation
b. Chemiosmotic Phosphorylation
e. g. Oxidative Phosphorylation - Production of NADH
strictly dependent on Oxygen
Strictly aerobes or obligate aerobes
presence of Oxygen kills the organisms
Obligate anaerobes
may live/respire in the absence or presence of Oxygen
may live/respire in the absence or presence of Oxygen
Three Stages of Aerobic respiration
- Glycolysis
- Kreb’s Cycle
- Electron Transport Chain/System
Embden-Meyerhoff Pathway
constitutes the major portion of ANaerobic respiration and is also the first part of aerobic respiration.
Glycolysis
citric acid cycle – one of the intermediates is ___ , anion of ___
citrate;citric acid
was carried out by Hans Krebs
Kreb’s Cycle
several intermediates are tricarboxylic acids
tricarboxylic acids cycle