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• Cellular respiration oxidizes sugar and produces ATP in three main stages

– Glycolysis occurs in the cytoplasm

– The Krebs cycle and the electron transport chain occur in the mitochondria

Overview: Respiration occurs in three main stages

STAGES OF CELLULAR RESPIRATION AND FERMENTATION


• An overview of cellular respiration

Figure 6.8

High-energy electrons carried by NADH

GLYCOLYSIS

Glucose Pyruvicacid

KREBSCYCLE

ELECTRONTRANSPORT CHAIN

AND CHEMIOSMOSIS

MitochondrionCytoplasmic

fluid


Glycolysis harvests chemical energy by oxidizing glucose to pyruvic acid

Figure 6.9A

Glucose Pyruvicacid


• Details of glycolysis

Figure 6.9B

Steps – A fuelmolecule is energized,using ATP.

1 3

1

GlucosePREPARATORY

PHASE(energy investment)Step

2

3

4

Glucose-6-phosphate

Fructose-6-phosphate

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P)

Step A six-carbonintermediate splits into two three-carbon intermediates.

4

Step A redoxreaction generatesNADH.

55 ENERGY PAYOFF

PHASE1,3-Diphosphoglyceric acid(2 molecules)

6

Steps – ATPand pyruvic acidare produced.

6 9 3-Phosphoglyceric acid(2 molecules)7

2-Phosphoglyceric acid(2 molecules)8

2-Phosphoglyceric acid(2 molecules)

9

(2 moleculesper glucose molecule)

Pyruvic acid

Fructose-1,6-diphosphate


• Each pyruvic acid molecule is broken down to form CO2 and a two-carbon acetyl group, which enters the Krebs cycle

Pyruvic acid is chemically groomed for the Krebs cycle

Figure 6.10

Pyruvicacid

CO2

Acetyl CoA(acetyl coenzyme A)


• The Krebs cycle is a series of reactions in which enzymes strip away electrons and H+ from each acetyl group

The Krebs cycle completes the oxidation of organic fuel, generating many NADH and FADH2 molecules

Figure 6.11A

Acetyl CoA

KREBSCYCLE

2CO2


Figure 6.11B

Oxaloaceticacid

Step Acetyl CoA stokesthe furnace

1

2 carbons enter cycle

Citric acid

Steps and NADH, ATP, and CO2 are generatedduring redox reactions.

2 3

CO2 leaves cycle

Alpha-ketoglutaric acid

CO2 leaves cycle

Succinicacid

KREBSCYCLE

Steps and Redox reactions generate FADH2

and NADH.

4 5

Malicacid

1

2

3

4

5


• The electrons from NADH and FADH2 travel down the electron transport chain to oxygen

• Energy released by the electrons is used to pump H+ into the space between the mitochondrial membranes

• In chemiosmosis, the H+ ions diffuse back through the inner membrane through ATP synthase complexes, which capture the energy to make ATP

Chemiosmosis powers most ATP production


• Chemiosmosis in the mitochondrion

Figure 6.12

Intermembranespace

Innermitochondrialmembrane

Mitochondrialmatrix

Proteincomplex

Electroncarrier

Electronflow

ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN ATP SYNTHASE


Connection: Certain poisons interrupt critical events in cellular respiration

Figure 6.13

Rotenone Cyanide,carbon monoxide

Oligomycin

ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN ATP SYNTHASE


• For each glucose molecule that enters cellular respiration, chemiosmosis produces up to 38 ATP molecules

Review: Each molecule of glucose yields many molecules of ATP

KREBSCYCLE

Electron shuttleacrossmembranes

Cytoplasmic fluid

GLYCOLYSIS

Glucose2

Pyruvicacid

2AcetylCoA

KREBSCYCLE


AND CHEMIOSMOSIS

Mitochondrion

by substrate-levelphosphorylation

used for shuttling electronsfrom NADH made in glycolysis

by substrate-levelphosphorylation

by chemiosmoticphosphorylation

Maximum per glucose:Figure 6.14


• Under anaerobic conditions, many kinds of cells can use glycolysis alone to produce small amounts of ATP

– But a cell must have a way of replenishing NAD+

Fermentation is an anaerobic alternative to aerobic respiration


• In alcoholic fermentation, pyruvic acid is converted to CO2 and ethanol

Figure 6.15A

– This recycles NAD+ to keep glycolysis working

GLYCOLYSIS

2 Pyruvicacid

released

2 EthanolGlucose

Figure 6.15C


• In lactic acid fermentation, pyruvic acid is converted to lactic acid

– As in alcoholic fermentation, NAD+ is recycled

• Lactic acid fermentation is used to make cheese and yogurt

GLYCOLYSIS

2 Pyruvicacid

2 Lactic acidGlucose

Figure 6.15B


• Polysaccharides can be hydrolyzed to monosaccharides and then converted to glucose for glycolysis

• Proteins can be digested to amino acids, which are chemically altered and then used in the Krebs cycle

• Fats are broken up and fed into glycolysis and the Krebs cycle

Cells use many kinds of organic molecules as fuel for cellular respiration

INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN MOLECULAR BREAKDOWN AND SYNTHESIS


• Pathways of molecular breakdown

Figure 6.16

Food, such as peanuts

Polysaccharides Fats Proteins

Sugars Glycerol Fatty acids Amino acids

Amino groups

Glucose G3PPyruvic

acid

GLYCOLYSIS

AcetylCoA

KREBSCYCLE


AND CHEMIOSMOSIS


• In addition to energy, cells need raw materials for growth and repair

– Some are obtained directly from food

– Others are made from intermediates in glycolysis and the Krebs cycle

• Biosynthesis consumes ATP

Food molecules provide raw materials for biosynthesis


• Biosynthesis of macromolecules from intermediates in cellular respiration

Figure 6.17

ATP needed todrive biosynthesis

PolyscaccharidesFatsProteins

KREBSCYCLE

AcetylCoA

Pyruvicacid G3P Glucose

GLUCOSE SYNTHESIS

Aminogroups

Amino acids Fatty acids Glycerol Sugars

Cells, tissues, organisms


• All organisms have the ability to harvest energy from organic molecules

– Plants, but not animals, can also make these molecules from inorganic sources by the process of photosynthesis

The fuel for respiration ultimately comes from photosynthesis

Figure 6.18

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