BIOL 1010 Lecture Notes - Ethanol Fermentation, Enzyme Inhibitor, Phosphofructokinase
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Chemical elements essential to life are recycled but energy is not (remember the laws of. Aerobic respiration: organic compounds are degraded in the presence of oxygen to produce carbon dioxide, water and usable forms of energy (i. e. , atp) Organic compounds + o2 (cid:0) co2 + h2o + energy (work + heat) Organic compounds that can be used in aerobic respiration carbohydrates (e. g. , glucose) fats proteins. G = - 686 kcal/mol of glucose (cid:0) 6 co2 + 6 h2o + energy (atp + heat) 1* cellular respiration is how many cells transfer the energy stored in complex organic molecules ( food ) to atp. 2* aerobic respiration happens to be the most prevalent and efficient catabolic pathway it is used by most eukaryotic and many prokaryotic species. (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) 3* cellular respiration is a controlled stepwise oxidation of organic molecules in a cell: enzymes catalyze oxidation via a series of small steps.
