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Cellular Respiration
Question | Answer |
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Reactants of cellular respiration | Glucose and oxygen |
Products of cellular respiration | Carbon dioxide and water |
ATP | Adenosine Triphosphate |
ADP | Adenosine Diphosphate |
Phosphorylation | Addition of a phosphate group to a molecule |
Glycolysis | Breakdown of glucose |
Aerobic | In the presence of oxygen |
Anaerobic | In the presence of no oxygen |
Pyruvate | A 3-carbon molecule created at the end of glycolysis |
Krebs cycle | Takes place in the mitochondrial matrix |
ETC | Takes place in the mitochondrial cristae |
Citric acid | First product created in the Krebs cycle |
NADH and FADH2 | Energy carriers created in the Krebs cycle |
ATP synthase | An enzyme that phosphorylates ADP |
Highest energy providing biomolecule by gram | Lipids |
Releases carbon dioxide | Krebs cycle |
Makes water | ETC |
Coenzyme A | Helps break pyruvate before entering Krebs cycle |
Proton gradient | Created in the intermembrane space |