In most tissues, if the temperature is increased by 10°C, how much is the rate of respiration increased?
In most tissues, if the temperature is increased by 10°C, how much is the rate of respiration increased?
Respiration can be considered as chemical reaction that results in oxidation and reduction of some of the compounds present in the cell. The respiration also leads to other metabolic reactions to take place inside the cell.
The rate of the respiration affects the rate at which the other metabolic reactions takes place. Since the respiration is also similar to the other chemical reaction, the rate of the respiration is correlated with temperature. In general it can be said that as the temperature increases, the rate of respiration also increases.
Consider the rate of respiration as R1 when the temperature of the tissues is T1. Also when the temperature of the tissue changes to T2, the rate of respiration is R2.
The relation between the rate of respiration and the temperature is given in terms of factor known as temperature coefficient denoted as Q10. It gives ratio rate of respiration at different temperatures. The formula can bee represented as follows.
Here, the difference in the T2 and T1 will be 10 as the temperature is raised by 10oC.
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