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| Partial degredation of sugars that occurs without the use of oxygen. |
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| The most efficient catabolic pathway. Oxygen is consumed as a reactant along with the organic fuel. |
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Includes aerobic and anaerobic processes...mostly refers to aerobic processes.
C6H12O6+6O2 = 6CO2+ 6H2O+ energy |
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| A transfer of one or more electrons from one reactant to another occurs. |
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| The loss of electrons from one substance. |
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| The addition of electrons to another substance. |
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| Cellular respiration uses this to break the fall of electrons to oxygen into several energy-releasing steps. |
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| Takes place in the cytosol, breaks down glucose into two molecules of pyruvate. |
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| Takes place in the mitochondrial matrix, completes the breakdown of glucose by oxidizing acetyl CoA to carbon dioxide. |
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| Oxidative Phosphorylation |
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| Chemiosmosis and electron transport chain. They are powered by the redox reactions of the electron transport chain. |
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| Substrate-level Phosphorylation |
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| ATP synthesis that occurs when an enzyme transfers a phosphate group from a substrate molecule to ADP, instead of adding an inorganic phosphate to ADP, like in oxidative phosphorylation. |
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| Energy investment and energy payoff phases. Creates 2 ATP and 2 NADH. No CO2 is released. |
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| Pyruvate is converted to this before entering the citric acid cycle. |
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