Citric acid cycle or start with pyruvate and leads to complete oxidation of glucose to carbon dioxide and energy in form of ATP, NADH and .
At end of citric acid cycle, most of the energy is transferred to NADH and .
Aerobic means “with air”. This type of respiration needs oxygen for it to occur so it is called aerobic respiration.
The word equation for aerobic respiration is:
Glucose + Oxygen Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy
The chemical equation is:
C6H12O6 + 6O2 6CO2 + 6H2O + 2900 kJ/mol
Alpha-ketoglutaric acid is an important biological compound and is a key intermediate in the Krebs cycle. Alpha-ketoglutaric acid occurs naturally within cells.
One of its functions is to combine with ammonia to form glutamic acid and then glutamine. Another function is to combine with nitrogen released in the cell, therefore preventing nitrogen overload.
complex V or ATP synthase can be separated into 2 parts:
Fo - the portion embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane and
F1-ATPase — the portion projecting into the matrix of the mitochondrion. This
is why the intact ATP synthase is also called the FoF1-ATPase.