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The flu virus disrupts cellular respiration by hijacking the host cell's machinery to replicate itself, leading to a decrease in the production of ATP, the primary energy currency of the cell. This disruption diminishes the cell's ability to form phosphate bonds, essential for energy transfer and metabolic processes. As a result, affected cells experience impaired energy production and functionality, contributing to the overall symptoms of flu, such as fatigue and weakness. Additionally, the immune response to the infection can further strain cellular resources, exacerbating these effects.

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What disrupts cellular respiration?

Cellular Respiration is a three step process; Glycolysis, the Krebs Cycle, and the Electron Transport Chain. Effective cellular respiration is an aerobic cycle, meaning that it requires oxygen. The first step, glycolysis, is an anaerobic process, meaning it does not require oxygen. Therefore, glycolysis is always able to take place. The next step is the Krebs Cycle. This is an aerobic process and does not take place in the absence of oxygen. If there is an absence of oxygen, bodily toxins such as ethyl alcohol and lactic acid are produced and cellular respiration is not carried out. To answer your question, a lack of oxygen is what disrupts cellular respiration.


In which part of cellular respiration does rotenone have its effect?

Rotenone inhibits Complex I of the electron transport chain in cellular respiration, preventing the transfer of electrons from NADH to coenzyme Q. This disrupts the flow of electrons and ultimately impairs the production of ATP.


Why does the pins and needles feeling set in according to cellular respiration?

The pins and needles feeling, known as paresthesia, can occur when sustained pressure on nerves disrupts blood flow and oxygen supply, affecting cellular respiration in the nerve cells. This disruption leads to an altered nerve signal transmission, causing the sensation.


What does cyanide cause a malfunction of?

Cyanide inhibits the functioning of cytochrome c oxidase, an enzyme involved in the electron transport chain in mitochondria. This disrupts cellular respiration and leads to a decrease in ATP production, ultimately causing cells to be unable to generate energy.


What kind of inhibitor is cyanide?

Cyanide is a non-competitive inhibitor that binds to the active site of the enzyme, inhibiting its activity by preventing the binding of the substrate. It disrupts the normal functioning of enzymes involved in cellular respiration, leading to a decrease in ATP production and ultimately cell death.


How does it grow slower when you put saltwater in a plant?

Saltwater disrupts the plant's ability to absorb water through its roots, leading to dehydration and nutrient imbalances. The high concentration of salt in the water can also interfere with essential processes like photosynthesis and cellular respiration, slowing down growth.


What physiological processes do carbon monoxide and cyanide disrupt?

Carbon monoxide disrupts the body's ability to transport oxygen in the blood by binding to hemoglobin more readily than oxygen. Cyanide disrupts cellular respiration by blocking the enzymes involved in the electron transport chain, preventing the production of ATP.


Why does removing a phosphate group from the triphosphate tail in a molecule of ATP release energy?

Chemically it doesn't. Biologists get sloppy in these areas. Only the completion of a bond releases energy. So, when something is phosphorylated with that phosphate group then an energetic conformational/chemical/physical change takes place using the energy of that bonding.


Can cell respiration occur in organism at a temp above t65 deg c - give reason?

no,cell reapiration is not possible at such a high temperature because 1) at such high temperature the cell get damaged and they start to die. 2) at such high temperatures the become fuctionless.


How does taxol stop cancer?

Short answer: It disrupts proper cellular division by inhibiting spindle function. More information than you could need to know can be found at the link below. Check the references section of the wikipedia page for more the more detailed explanations used to generate the page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paclitaxel


Since cyanide is a poison that limits a cells ability to manufacture ATP a cell containing cyanide is least likely to carry on the process of?

Cellular respiration. More specifically, electron transport chain. Cyanide doesn't just simply limit manufacturing of ATP, it blocks the enzyme cytochrome C oxidase, a crucial enzyme in the electron transport chain. Since ETC is the largest supplier of ATP, the ATP supply in the cell declines rapidly.


What is the effect of cyanide on ATP function?

Cyanide inhibits respiration. By inhibiting respiration, you also inhibit active transport because active transport requires energy from ATP made in respiration. Remember: anything that affects respiration, affects active transport too, because it is an energy requiring process!