BIOL10002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Oxidizing Agent, Cellular Respiration, Exergonic Reaction

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21 Jul 2018
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Three catabolic processes harvest the energy in the chemical bonds of glucose: glycolysis, cellular respiration, and fermentation. All three processes involve pathways made up of many distinct chemical reactions. Through a series of chemical rearrangements, glucose is converted to two molecules of the three-carbon product pyruvate, and a small amount of energy is captured in usable forms. Glycolysis is an anaerobic process because it does not require o2. Cellular respiration uses o2 from the environment, and thus it is aerobic. Each pyruvate molecule is completely converted into three molecules of co2 through a set of catabolic pathways including pyruvate oxidation, the citric acid cycle, and an electron transport system (the respiratory chain). In the process, a great deal of the energy stored in the covalent bonds of pyruvate is captured to form atp. Fermentation: does not involve o2 (it is anaerobic). Fermentation converts pyruvate into lactic acid or ethyl alcohol (ethanol), which are still relatively energy-rich molecules.

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