FAD
electron carrier produced during the Krebs cycle
prepartory reaction
Anabolism
Metabolic pathways that construct molecules, requiring energy.
Metabolic pathways that break down molecules, releasing energy.
Acetyl CoA
the entry compound for the citric acid cycle in cellular respiration, formed from a fragment of pyruvate attached to a coenzyme
Glycolysis
citric acid cycle
Completes the breakdown of glucose by oxidizing a derivative of pyruvate to carbon dioxide.
Anaerobic
Process that does not require oxygen
cellular respiration
Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen
substrate-level phosphorylation
Electron Transport Chain (ETC)
Mitocondrion
Cell organelle that converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use
electron carrier involved in glycolysis
Chemiosmosis
Process by which a Hydrogen pump pumps protons into the thylakoid membrane. H+ passively flows through the ATP synthase which leads to the creation of ATP.
Cytochromes
proteins that play a key role in electron transport chains in mitochondria and chloroplasts
oxygen dept
amount of oxygen requirement to oxidize lactic acid produced anaerobically during strenous muscle activity.
A catabolic process that makes a limited amount of ATP from glucose without an electron transport chain and that produces a characteristic end product, such as ethyl alcohol or lactic acid.
Aerobic
Process that requires oxygen
