Chapter 7
Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
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Parts
- 1Why cells break down glucose4 min
- 2The four stages at a glance5 min
- 3Glycolysis splits glucose in two5 min
- 4Pyruvate breakdown and the citric acid cycle4 min
- 5The electron transport chain5 min
- 6Chemiosmosis and the ATP payoff4 min
- 7ATP synthase, a spinning machine5 min
- 8Proteins and fats as fuel3 min
- 9Making ATP without oxygen5 min
Key terms
- cellular respiration
- aerobic respiration
- oxidation
- reduction
- NADH
- FADH₂
- substrate-level phosphorylation
- oxidative phosphorylation
- crista
- mitochondrial matrix
- intermembrane space
- glycolysis
- energy investment phase
- cleavage phase
- energy liberation phase
- pyruvate
- glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
- phosphofructokinase
- Warburg effect
- positron-emission tomography
- pyruvate dehydrogenase
- acetyl CoA
- metabolic cycle
- citric acid cycle
- oxaloacetate
- citrate
- electron transport chain
- prosthetic group
- ubiquinone
- cytochrome oxidase
- final electron acceptor
- electrochemical gradient
- chemiosmosis
- ATP synthase
- bacteriorhodopsin
- anaerobic respiration
- fermentation
- lactate
- free radical