WHAT IS CELLULAR RESPIRATION?
• A BIOCHEMICAL REACTION or a METABOLIC ACTIVITY where energy is
harvested from the BIOMOLECULES through the process of OXIDATION
MAINLY OF GLUCOSE
• It may be in the presence or oxygen(aerobic) or may be in absence of
oxygen(anaerobic or fermentation)
• It may occur in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes
• EVER WONDERED WHERE IN PROKARYOTAE?
, ALL ABOUT MITOCHONDRIA!
• Mitochondria is a double-membrane organelle and is know as the as the
POWER HOUSE OF THE CELL. (QUICK QUESTION: WHY)
• Consists of inner membrane, outer membrane and a mitochondrial
matrix(mostly fluid)
• Here the magic occurs; KREB’S CYCLE, PYRUVIC ACID OXIDATION and
OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION!
• Due to its complex folding(cristae) of the inner membrane, it covers a large
surface area, thus producing a high number of ATP.
• A role played by coenzymes in releasing energy from the glucose proves to
be fruitful!(as our main objective is to generate energy in the form of ATP)
• A BIOCHEMICAL REACTION or a METABOLIC ACTIVITY where energy is
harvested from the BIOMOLECULES through the process of OXIDATION
MAINLY OF GLUCOSE
• It may be in the presence or oxygen(aerobic) or may be in absence of
oxygen(anaerobic or fermentation)
• It may occur in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes
• EVER WONDERED WHERE IN PROKARYOTAE?
, ALL ABOUT MITOCHONDRIA!
• Mitochondria is a double-membrane organelle and is know as the as the
POWER HOUSE OF THE CELL. (QUICK QUESTION: WHY)
• Consists of inner membrane, outer membrane and a mitochondrial
matrix(mostly fluid)
• Here the magic occurs; KREB’S CYCLE, PYRUVIC ACID OXIDATION and
OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION!
• Due to its complex folding(cristae) of the inner membrane, it covers a large
surface area, thus producing a high number of ATP.
• A role played by coenzymes in releasing energy from the glucose proves to
be fruitful!(as our main objective is to generate energy in the form of ATP)
