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In aerobic cellular respiration, hydrogen atoms are pumped into the intermembrane space of the mitochondria via a proton pump to create a concentration gradient. The flow of protons back into the matrix (call chemiosmosis) yields 32-34 molecules of ATP, which is where the bulk of the energy comes from in cellular respiration.
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∙ 11y agoHydrogens are the most important part of respiration. They form a proton gradient in the mitochondrial christae. This is used in oxydative phosphorylation, as the christae membrane is impermeable to the H+ ions, so they are forced to travel through protein channels, which direct them at the ATP synthase molecules on the membrane's surface.
The ATP synthase spins as the H+ ions travel past it, which creates ATP.
It does loads of other stuff too, oxidising and reducing molecules in the various cycles like the ornithene and krebs cycles.
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∙ 11y agoOxygen accepts high-energy electrons after they are stripped from glucose..bb
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∙ 9y agoThe role of the hydrogen atoms carried to the electron transport system in aerobic respiration is to make ADP for an end result of 32 ATP. ATP is the energy currency of the cell.
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∙ 6y agoit helps the oxygen molecules bond together
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∙ 14y agoIt helps generate energy.
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Into which molecule are all the carbon atoms in glucose ultimately incorporated during cellular respiration?
Carbon dioxide is where the carbon atoms in glucose are incorporated to during cellular respiration.
What happens to the carbons in glucose as they pass through cellular respiration?
The carbon atoms are released as carbon dioxide (C02) which is what humans breathe out
What waste products are produced in cellular respiration?
C2O + H2O(Carbon Dioxide + Water . {One carbon and two oxygen atoms + Two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom . [Just for all you people who aren't science geeks]})add. Assuming you don't mean plant cellular respiration, in which case the waste product is oxygen. Carbon dioxide is what gives off waste products in cellular respiration. This is a process.
Where does the carbon from glucose end up?
After cellular respiration occurs, the hydrogen that was in glucose gets attracted to the Oxygen atoms and it becomes water. the hydrogen seperates from the carbon in the glucose and it forms another bond with Oxygen. Hope that helped
When glycolysis occurs a molecule of glucose is?
Glycolysis is a process in which glucose molecules break up into Pyruvite molecules. It is important to have glucose (which have 6 carbon atoms in its molecule), as it can neatly split into two molecules of Pyruvite (which contains 3 carbon atoms in each of its molecules). Pyruvite is the molecule which is needed for the production of ATP. The next step depends on the availability of Oxygen. Pyruvite can either enter the Krebs cycle for the further process of cellular respiration (with the presence of Oxygen = aerobic cellular respiration), or go through a process of fermentation (without Oxygen = anaerobic cellular respiration). Both processes yield ATP, only in different quantity. More info could be found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycolysis http://en.simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_respiration http://en.simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose. ; all the best !
What is the meaning of the acronym AH2 in cellular respiration?
1 aluminum atom, 2 hydrogen atoms
What are the two molecules that hold onto the electrons of hydrogen until the third step of cellular respiration?
six carbon atoms and six oxygen atoms i believe
What are examples of food energy?
Food energy is energy that animals (including humans) derive from their food, through the process of cellular respiration, the process of joining oxygen with the molecules of food (aerobic respiration) or of reorganizing the atoms within the molecules for anaerobic respiration.
Into which molecule are all the carbon atoms in glucose ultimately incorporated during cellular respiration?
Carbon dioxide is where the carbon atoms in glucose are incorporated to during cellular respiration.
What hydrogen carriers are used in cellular respiration?
NAD and FAD are the two hydrogen carriers involved in respiration. NAD is reduced in glycolysis, the Link Reaction and the Krebs Cycle to NADH + H+; whilst FAD is reduced to FADH2 solely in the Krebs Cycle. The role of the hydrogen carriers is to transport the hydrogen atoms to the Electron Transport Chain, where their energy is used to join ADP and Pi to give a molecule of ATP.
Are atoms used in photosynthesis and cellular respiration recycled?
Yes
What does it mean to say that glycolysis is an aerobic process?
Cellular respiration sometimes is referred to as aerobic respiration, meaning that it occurs in the presence of oxygen, and is not an anaerobic process. Glycolysis is one of the processes in cellular respiration. In the final steps of glycolysis, two hydrogen atoms are removed from each three-carbon compound by bonding to free-floating oxygen atoms in the cytoplasm to form water.
What oxidized during cellular respiration?
Glucose is. In cell respiration, the carbon atoms of glucose are oxidized.
What substance is oxidized during cellular respiration?
Glucose is. In cell respiration, the carbon atoms of glucose are oxidized.
What part of cellular respiration can take place without oxygen?
Anaerobic respiration? Glycogen is utilised into glucose plus 6 atoms of phosphate which creates lactic acid (2 ATP). If that is what you were asking.
What happens to the carbons in glucose as they pass through cellular respiration?
The carbon atoms are released as carbon dioxide (C02) which is what humans breathe out
What happens to the carbon atoms during cellular respiration?
The carbon atoms are released as carbon dioxide (C02) which is what humans breathe out
