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Cellular Respiration
Cellular Respiration
CELLULAR RESPIRATION
IN CELLULAR RESPIRATION:
Oxygen is reduced to water
Has electron transport chain located within the
cristae of the mitochondria, where ATP is
produced by chemiosmosis
Has enzyme-catalyzed reactions within the semi-
fluid interior
A carbohydrate is oxidized to carbon dioxide
Glycolysis- means “sugar-splitting” that occurs
in the cytosol of the cell. It does not require
oxygen to breakdown glucose into pyruvate.
Krebs cycle- completes the metabolic
breakdown of glucose to carbon dioxide and
produces 2 ATP.
Oxidative phosphorylation- a process occurring
in mitochondria and accounts for majority of the
ATP production.
Electron Transport Chain- contains the chain
members (carrier and protein complexes, ATP synthase
complex and ATP channel protein. These membrane
proteins shuttle electrons during the redox reactions.
The electrons will be used to produce ATP by
chemiosmosis.
NADH and FADH2- these are electron acceptor
molecules that contain high-energy electrons. They
transport the electrons to ETC to produce many more
ATPs by oxidative phosphorylation.
ATP synthase- is an enzyme that is
responsible for the great production of ATPs.
This happens when it uses the energy coming
from H+ ions to bind ADP and phosphate
group together to produce ATP.
TASK 1.
TASK 2.
TASK 3.
A. Directions: This is a modified TRUE or FALSE activity.
Write the word TRUE if the underlined word/phrase being referred to is
correct. If it is FALSE, change the word/phrase to make the whole
statement correct based on the concept of cellular respiration. Write your
answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Fermentation and anaerobic respiration enable the cells to produce ATP
without the use of oxygen.
2. The term cellular respiration includes both aerobic and anaerobic
processes.
3. Fermentation is a complete degradation of sugars or other fuel that
occurs without the use of oxygen.
4. An electron transport system consists of a number of
molecules, majority are proteins, located in the matrix of
the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells and the plasma
membrane of aerobic prokaryotes.
5. Pyruvate oxidation and the citric acid cycle, oxidative
phosphorylation: electron transport chain and
chemiosmosis are the metabolic stages reserved for
cellular respiration.
6. The breakdown of glucose to carbon dioxide is
completed in the electron transport chain.
7. ATP synthase is the enzyme that makes the bulk of the
ATP from ADP and Pi by chemiosmosis.
8. ATP synthase uses the energy of an existing hydrogen
ion gradient to power ATP synthesis.
9. Phosphorylation of ADP to form ATP stores at least
14.6 kcal per molecule of ATP.
10.Citric acid cycle generates 2 ATP whether oxygen is
present or not, whether the conditions are aerobic or
anaerobic.