| The process of cellular respiration based on "Last Friday Night" by Katy Perry. :) LYRICS: Cell Repiration: combines glucose and oxygen, gives off CO2 and H2O, free energy is trapped as ATP It all occurs in 4 stages, Glycolysis in the cytoplasm, Pyruvate oxidation in the mitochondrion, where Krebb's cycle also takes place, then there's electron transport chain (that's the 4th) *Now let's go in depth, we're not done here yet, this rules (huh, YA RIGHT!)* STAGE #1: It starts off with a 6 Carbon glucose ATP is used to form G6P that's rearranged to F6P, ATP is used again, to make an F1,6-BP, it splits into DHAP and G3P, DHAP is not so happy; it converts to G3P now there's 2 G3Ps, as they become 2 BPGs NAD+ is reduced to NADH Thanks to the phosphate group, BPG can phosphorylate ADP to ATP now we've got two 3 PGs that'll rearrange to two 2 PGs that'll convert to two PEP molecules (because water is removed) Here's another phosphate group, it allows PEP to phosphorylate ADP to ATP, two pyruvates are made That's the end of glycolysis - a net of 2 ATP produced, and 2 NADH as well Now the pyruvates have got to oxidize through three simple steps in STAGE 2: firstly CO2s removed, the remaining two carbons from pyruvate are oxidized NAD+ is reduced to NADH, coenzyme A attaches to acetate forming acetyl-coA It carries on to STAGE 3: and condenses with oxaloacetate forming a 6-Carbon citrate that's rearranged to isocitrate it converrts to alpha-ketogluterate as CO2 is lost, NADH is ... |