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What process do mitochondria use to release energy from glucose using oxygen?
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The mitochondria is not responsible for the breakdown of glucose, but this actually occurs starting in the cytoplasm via glycolosis. Glycolosis breaks down glucose to pyruvate, which enters the mitochondria and is broken down to Carbon dioxide via the Citric Acid Cycle (a.k.a. the Kreb cycle). The reduced agents produced from here donate their electrons to the electron transport chain, with the final electron acceptor being Oxygen. The electron transport chain pump hydrogen atoms from the inner matrix to the outer region in the mitochondria as these electrons move down the chain. This hydrogen gradient is used to create ATP much like a dam creates electricity from water. Sources differ on how many ATP are created per molecule, but on average it is 2.5 moles of ATP per mole of NADH, and 1.5 moles of ATP per mole of FADH2.
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Does mitochondria release or store energy?
It release energy. It releases using Glucose (C6H12O6) and Oxygen (O2).Mitochondria release energy in glucose. Then it stores this energy in ATP
Energy from glucose is released in the process of?
Mitochondria gets energy from glucose through the process of cellular respiration.
What breaks down glucose to release energy for the cell?
Glucose is broken down in the mitochondria. This is done in a three-step process known as cellular respiration. The three steps are glycolysis, citric acid cycle, and electron transport chain.
How do cells get engry?
a cell gets energy from the mitochondria when it use the glucose and the mitochondria changes it into energy
Which cellular organelle uses oxygen and glucose to provide energy?
The mitochondria.
Mitochondria gets energy from glucose through what process of?
Mitochondria gets energy from glucose through the process of Cellular Respiration.The process by which ATP is manufactured from glucose is called cellular respiration.
Does mitochondria release or store energy?
It release energy. It releases using Glucose (C6H12O6) and Oxygen (O2).Mitochondria release energy in glucose. Then it stores this energy in ATP
Can the mitochondria store and transfer energy?
Mitochondria release energy of glucose. This energy is stored in ATP
Where does mitochondria get energy from?
They get energy from glucose. This energy released from respiration
Energy from glucose is released in the process of?
Mitochondria gets energy from glucose through the process of cellular respiration.
What organelle converts glucose to energy by the process of cellular respiration?
Mitochondria are specialized organelles that produce energy for the rest of the cell by using glucose. You can think of it as the powerhouse of the cell.
What is the process Mitochondria use to get energy from glucose?
It is aerobic respiration. Anerobic respiration does not need them
Where does glucose get converted into usable energy in the form of ATP?
Once the glucose has entered the cell, it begins the process of conversion. Glucose is converted producing both heat and ATP as by-products
Does the energy stored in mitochondria make ATP in light reactions?
The term "light reaction" does not really apply when speaking of mitochondria. Mitochondria are like furnaces. You put the wood in, light it, and it gives off heat. You put glucose into the mitochondria and the membranes facilitate the breakdown of that glucose to release the energy that was trapped in the carbon bonds. That energy is now stored as ATP. Mitochondria do not store energy, just as a furnace doesn't store heat. They process the fuel (glucose) to release energy--day or night. "Light reaction" is more aptly applied to photosynthesis, which does depend on light energy for the first part of the reaction.
What is the mitochondria in a cell?
Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell. They are the site for aerobic respiration (complete oxidation of glucose to release energy).
Does the mitochondria package proteins?
No. The mitochondria release the energy from glucose to produce ATP. Proteins are packaged in the Golgi apparatus.
What does the process of cellular respiration release energy from?
the mitochondria
