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Universal Process And Reflection : An Example Of Cellular Respiration

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Cellular respiration is a universal process and is an example for Catabolic Reaction that breaks down glucose and produces ATP. It is the enzymatic breakdown of glucose (C6H12O6) in the presence of oxygen (O2) to produce cellular energy (ATP):
C6H12O6 + 6O2  6 CO2 + 6H2O + 38 ATP
Cellular respiration is the combination of citric acid cycle, the electron transport chain, and oxidative phosphorylation that breaks down the very different molecules of carbohydrates, proteins and fats into common molecules that go through the pathway to generate ‘reducing power’ in the form of NADH, and FADH2 that then allow the cell to create a proton gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane. Lots of ATP are generated by a protein complex that acts like a windmill and harnesses the energy of the H+ ions flowing through a pore and down a steep electrochemical gradient (that was generated by NADH). Cellular respiration can be aerobic or anaerobic. In anaerobic respiration, ATP is synthesized only from glycolysis via substrate level phosphorylation. While in aerobic respiration, more ATP is generated from NADH/FADH via Electron Transport Chain.
There are three important steps in cellular respiration, those are Glycolysis, Krebs cycle and Electron transport chain(ETC). The breakdown of glucose is called Glycolysis (Glycol = Glucose + Lysis = breakdown), it occurs in the cytoplasm and is the preliminary step in Glucose breakdown or respiration. It is an anaerobic process which means it

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