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CELLULAR RESPIRATION
Learning Objectives
To discover how prokaryotic and
eukaryotic organisms (except plants)
make use of cellular respiration to
produce energy
To trace the steps and identify the
end products involved in the various
phases of cellular respiration
To identify the parts of the cells
involved in the various phases of
cellular respiration
What Is Cellular Respiration?
Cellular Respiration is a catabolic process
in which digested glucose from food
nutrients is broken down into adenosine
triphosphate (ATP) with or without the
presence of oxygen for use as energy by
prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms
(except plants).
Scientific Equation for Cellul
ar Respiration
Key Concepts of Cellular Res
piration
Before the cells can use them, the food that
organisms eat must first be broken down into
the basic units of nutrients: glucose, amino
acids, or lipids which the mitochondria of the
cell will convert to ATP. The ATP functions as
a coenzyme in the cell transporting chemical
energy to maintain metabolic activities.
The previous lessons taught you that the
mitochondria is the cells powerhouse. This is
because its main function is to convert the
potential energy from food into ATP fuel for
energy and metabolism.
The mitochondria contains f
ive protein carriers: NADH
dehydrogenase, succinate d
ehydrogenase, cytochrome
c reductase, cytochrome c
oxidase, and ATP synthase.