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    Cellular respiration is the process cells use to produce ATP from glucose as an energy source. It takes place in three main stages: glycolysis in the cytoplasm, the Krebs cycle in the mitochondrial matrix, and the electron transport chain along the inner mitochondrial membrane. Glycolysis converts glucose to pyruvate and yields 2 ATP. In the Krebs cycle, pyruvate is further oxidized, producing more ATP and electron carriers. Finally, the electron transport chain uses these carriers and oxygen to produce the most ATP via chemiosmosis. Aerobic cellular respiration can produce between 30-38 ATP per glucose molecule.

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    Cellular respiration is the process cells use to produce ATP from glucose as an energy source. It takes place in three main stages: glycolysis in the cytoplasm, the Krebs cycle in the mitochondrial matrix, and the electron transport chain along the inner mitochondrial membrane. Glycolysis converts glucose to pyruvate and yields 2 ATP. In the Krebs cycle, pyruvate is further oxidized, producing more ATP and electron carriers. Finally, the electron transport chain uses these carriers and oxygen to produce the most ATP via chemiosmosis. Aerobic cellular respiration can produce between 30-38 ATP per glucose molecule.

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    Cellular respiration is the process cells use to produce ATP from glucose as an energy source. It takes place in three main stages: glycolysis in the cytoplasm, the Krebs cycle in the mitochondrial matrix, and the electron transport chain along the inner mitochondrial membrane. Glycolysis converts glucose to pyruvate and yields 2 ATP. In the Krebs cycle, pyruvate is further oxidized, producing more ATP and electron carriers. Finally, the electron transport chain uses these carriers and oxygen to produce the most ATP via chemiosmosis. Aerobic cellular respiration can produce between 30-38 ATP per glucose molecule.

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    Cellular respiration is the process cells use to produce ATP from glucose as an energy source. It takes place in three main stages: glycolysis in the cytoplasm, the Krebs cycle in the mitochondrial matrix, and the electron transport chain along the inner mitochondrial membrane. Glycolysis converts glucose to pyruvate and yields 2 ATP. In the Krebs cycle, pyruvate is further oxidized, producing more ATP and electron carriers. Finally, the electron transport chain uses these carriers and oxygen to produce the most ATP via chemiosmosis. Aerobic cellular respiration can produce between 30-38 ATP per glucose molecule.

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    Cellular Respiration

    Cellular Energy Production: Aerobic Cellular Respiration

    Intro

    Morning person analogy: Cells are constantly active, unlike waking up.

    Cells need ATP (adenosine triphosphate) as energy currency.

    ATP Overview

    ATP as a nucleic acid with three phosphates.

    Essential for cell processes, and survival.

    Aerobic Cellular Respiration

    All cells (prokaryotes or eukaryotes) need ATP.

    Different processes for ATP production.

    Eukaryotic Cells

    Focus on cells with membrane-bound organelles (nucleus, mitochondria).

    Examples: protists, fungi, animals, plants.

    Mitochondria's Role

    Mitochondria are crucial in eukaryotic cells for aerobic respiration.

    The process involves the mitochondrial matrix.

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    Steps of Aerobic Cellular Respiration

    1. Glycolysis

    Cytoplasmic process. (in cytoplasm)

    Anaerobic, doesn't require oxygen.

    Converts glucose to pyruvate yields 2 ATP and 2 NADH.

    2. Intermediate Step (Formation of acetyl coenzyme A / Pyruvate


    Oxidation)

    Transport of pyruvate to mitochondria.

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    Oxidation of pyruvate to acetyl CoA, releases CO2, and produces 2
    NADH.

    3. Krebs Cycle (Citric Acid Cycle)

    Aerobic process in the mitochondrial matrix.

    Produces CO2, 2 ATP, 6 NADH, and 2 FADH2.

    4. Electron Transport Chain and Chemiosmosis (Oxidative


    phosphorylation)

    In the inner mitochondrial membrane.

    Aerobic, requires oxygen.

    NADH and FADH2 made in other steps deposit their electrons in the
    electron transport chain, turning back into their "empty" forms (NAD+,
    FAD)

    A complex process involving electron transfer, proton pumping, and


    ATP synthase.

    Produces a significant amount of ATP.

    Oxygen acts as the final electron acceptor, and forms water (H2O).

    ATP Production Estimates

    Variable ATP production per glucose molecule (26-34 in electron transport


    chain).

    Total range: 30-38 ATP when considering all three steps.

    Alternative ATP Production

    Fermentation in the absence of oxygen (less efficient). Glycolysis can take


    place without oxygen in a process called fermentation. The other three
    stages of cellular respiration—pyruvate oxidation, the citric acid cycle, and
    oxidative phosphorylation—require oxygen in order to occur. Only oxidative
    phosphorylation uses oxygen directly, but the other two stages can't
    run without oxidative phosphorylation.

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