Picture Of Water Aerobic

Picture Of Water Aerobic

Picture Of Water Aerobic

Cellular Respiration

Cellular respiration is the series of reactions that make ATP (cellular energy) by completely breaking down glucose into inorganic molecules of carbon dioxide and water. These reactions happen in several stages and include:

  • glycolysis
  • synthesis of Acetyl-CoA
  • Krebs cycle
  • the electron transport chain

Glycolysis

The first step, glycolysis, occurs in cytoplasm of most cells, and the word itself describes the process—‘glyco’ = sugar and ‘lysis’ = breaking down. Glycolysis involves the splitting of a six-carbon glucose into two three-carbon molecules of pyruvic acid, and results in a net production of two molecules of ATP.