Aerobic Cellular Respiration

Has Four Parts

Glycolysis

Location

Cell Cytosol

Glucose (C₆H₁₂O₆)

2 ATP invested
to produce

4 ATP

What is ATP?Adenosine triphosphate is an organic compound and hydrotrope that provides energy to drive many processes in living cells, e.g. muscle contraction, nerve impulse propagation, condensate dissolution, and chemical synthesis.Formula: C10H16N5O13P3Molar mass: 507.18 g/mol

2 Pyruvate

2 NADH

Used in intermediate Process

Oxidative Decarboxylation
of Pyruvate

Each Pyruvate

Becomes Acetyl-CoA

Citric Acid Cycle

Each Acetyl-CoA
Produces

1 ATP

2 CO2

3 NADH

Electron Carriers
Used In

1 FADH2

Location

Mitochondrial
Matrix

What is the Mitochondrial Matrix and what does it do?In the mitochondrion, the matrix is the space within the inner membrane. The word "matrix" stems from the fact that this space is viscous, compared to the relatively aqueous cytoplasm.Function. The mitochondrial matrix is the site of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, a series of enzymatic reactions initiated by the conversion of pyruvate and fatty acids to acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA). Pyruvate and fatty acids are transported into mitochondria from the cytoplasm by membrane-bound permeases.