BIOL 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Electron Acceptor, Oxidative Phosphorylation, Anaerobic Organism

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Organisms need oxygen for oxidative phosphorylation but when there"s zero or low oxygen level there are two mechanism: fermentation and anaerobic respiration. Fermentation is no etc but anaerobic is with etc but another terminal electron acceptor. Two types: lactic acid fermentation and alcohol fermentation. There"s a high demand for atp and o2 but demand can"t be met therefore pyruvate will start to become lactate by addition of electron and h to pyruvate. This process doesn"t require o2 and allows glycolysis to continue and make atp and provides more nad+ for glycolysis as well. The pyruvate is turned into acetaldehyde then to ethyl alcohol and an electron and. H is used here as well and nad+ is produced to keep glycolysis running. Wine makers use alcohol fermentation to make wine. Some prokaryotes use other electron acceptors such as sulfate, nitrate and ferric ion and this is anaerobic since there"s no need for oxygen.

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