Cellular Respiration Lab Report
There are two types of cellular respiration that organisms use, aerobic and anaerobic. But first of all, what is cellular respiration? Cellular respiration is the process that occurs in the body cells called the mitochondria. This process is also shown in its chemical formula, C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O → 12H2O + 6CO2. Cellular respiration is for heterotrophs, such as humans, animals, fungi, and bacteria. They use organic compounds in the presence of oxygen and are converting it into carbon dioxide and water creating ATP. Inside the mitochondria there are folds called the cristae and two membranes such as the outer membrane and the inner membrane. Mitochondrias basically live in us, not as a parasite but as a symbiosis, they help us as we generate energy.
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Glycolysis happens outside of the mitochondria inside the cytoplasm. In glycolysis we’re taking glucose, which is a 6 carbon molecule and we’re going to break that down into two molecules of pyruvate that each have three carbons inside it. For one glucose molecule in glycolysis were going to make 2 ATP and a chemical called NADH. The pyruvate is going to diffuse into the mitochondria and will convert into acetyl CoA (coenzyme A) which now turns into a 2 carbon molecule. That 2 carbon molecule then goes into the Kreb cycle and releases carbon dioxide. In the Kreb cycle we’re also adding a little bit of energy into NADH and FADH2 that have high energy electrons. NADH and FADH2 will carry those high energy into the electron transport train which moves through a series of proteins and those proteins is used to pump protons into ATP synthase. The electron is going to be added into other protons and oxygen which is going to make our by-product,
Glycolysis happens outside of the mitochondria inside the cytoplasm. In glycolysis we’re taking glucose, which is a 6 carbon molecule and we’re going to break that down into two molecules of pyruvate that each have three carbons inside it. For one glucose molecule in glycolysis were going to make 2 ATP and a chemical called NADH. The pyruvate is going to diffuse into the mitochondria and will convert into acetyl CoA (coenzyme A) which now turns into a 2 carbon molecule. That 2 carbon molecule then goes into the Kreb cycle and releases carbon dioxide. In the Kreb cycle we’re also adding a little bit of energy into NADH and FADH2 that have high energy electrons. NADH and FADH2 will carry those high energy into the electron transport train which moves through a series of proteins and those proteins is used to pump protons into ATP synthase. The electron is going to be added into other protons and oxygen which is going to make our by-product,