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Cells produce ATP most efficiently in the presence of what molecule?
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∙ 12y ago
Oxygen. Cells can produce much more ATP from glucose in the presence of Oxygen (aerobic respiration) than without oxygen (anaerobic respiration) in a process called oxidative phosphorylation that occurs in the mitochondria of cells.
In the presence of oxygen one glucose can be broken down to produce 36 ATP
Without oxygen, only 4 ATP can be made
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∙ 15y ago
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What is the best way to describe the function of mitochondria?
Mitochondria are independent forms of life that live in symbiosis in the cells of ALL living things. [And thus form one of the definitions of a cell or of life.] They respire, consume energy, and as a by-product produce the energy molecule ATP much more efficiently than we can do otherwise. They are symbiotic, but there is no suggestion that they are altruistic.
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