Some animals have higher concentrations of mitochondria in their muscle cells. Explain the metabolic advantages.

Q: Generate a table that compares the limits of ATP production of different metabolic mechanisms.…

A: Glycolysis, the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation are the three mechanisms…

Q: Which of the three main stages of aerobic cellular respiration provides the biggest payoff of ATPs,…

A: There are 3 main stages of aerobic cellular respiration. namely glycolysis, citric acid cycle and…

Q: Explain the function of brown fat. What does its mechanism imply about the effect of ATP…

A: Brown Fat  Adipose tissues are found under the skin that consists of two types of fats: white fat…

Q: After glycolysis, how does pyruvate enter the mitochondrion? Give typed full explanation

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Q: Which is the source of energy for the synthesis of ATP in mitochondria? Select the single best…

A: As they produce the majority of the cell's ATP, or adenosine triphosphate, the mitochondria are…

Q: Explain aerobic respiration.  Be sure to include the following in your explanation: the overall…

A: All living organisms need the energy to meet their required body processes such as growth and…

Q: What rate of oxygen consumption would you expect in a tissue with a metabolic rate of 30 μmol ATP…

A: Introduction - Oxygen uptake (or consumption) is a measure of a person's ability to take in oxygen…

Q: How many ATP molecules are made when 40 protons flow from the intermembrane space to the matrix in…

A: The ATP production takes place in the mitochondria in the cell following the Chemiosmotic theory.…

Q: ATP can be generated by two processes: substrate-level phosphorylation (as in the glycolysis), or…

A: INTRODUCTION ATP ATP is Adenosine Triphosphate. It is the source of energy for storage and use at…

Q: Based upon your understanding of electron transport and energy generation, explain the following…

A: Introduction  An electron transport chain is a collection of protein complexes and other molecules…

Q: When muscle cells run out of oxygen, what happens to the potential for energy extraction from sugars…

A: Respiration is the chemical process that supplies the body with energy for all other life processes.…

Q: Although adults synthesize large amounts of ATP daily, their body weight, structure, and composition…

A: ATP : It is an energy-carrying molecule found in the cells of all living things. It captures…

Q: Given 60 glucose molecules available in a muscle fiber to undergo aerobic respiration, how many H+…

A: ETC is coupled with ATP synthesis. ETC occurs in Cristea (inner mitochondrial membrane). ETC…

Q: a Imagine that creatine phosphate, rather than ATP, is the universal energy carrier molecule in the…

A: Creatine phosphate cannot be a universal energy carrier molecule in the human body as it is an…

Q: Cellular respiration is a process that produces usable energy for cells in the form of adenosine…

A: Cellular respiration refers to the oxidation of nutrients to retrieve energy from them.

Q: Which enzyme deficiency is most likely to cause glycogen to be full of short, stubby branches…

A: Glycogen is storage form of glucose. Glycogen is composed of alpha-D glucose units held together by…

Q: Cancer cells have a high amount of hexokinase. Explain why

A: Hexokinase are the enzyme which phosphorylates hexose to hexose phosphate. It does so by…

Q: Describe the process of oxidative phosphorylation. In your description, include the terms NADH,…

A: Glucose is catabolized via glycolysis, pyruvate transformation to acetyl-CoA, TCA cycle, and…

Q: tes, the net ATP produced from glycolysis to aerobic respiration is 36 while in prokaryotes is 38.…

A: The chemicals produced by anaerobic respiration in bacteria are known as adenosine triphosphates.…

Q: ATP is the primary source of cellular energy. What qualities of ATP make it a useful energy…

A: ATP acts as the “energy currency” of the cell. The energy that is released during fuel oxidation in…

Q: In what sense is mitochondrial ATP synthase a motor protein?

A: ATP synthase is a mitochondrial enzyme. It is localized on the inner mitochondrial membrane. It…

Q: What is the net yield of ATP if three molecules of glucose undergo cellular respiration? a. If 48…

A: when one molecule of glucose undergo cellular respiration. The energy yield is as follows: NADH= 10…

Q: Explain why animals cannot produce glucose from two carbon molecules, such as acetate or ethanol.

A: Animals cannot use two-carbon molecules as precursors in gluconeogenesis. One pathway to…

Q: Glucose is a product of photosynthesis. How is its role different in aerobic cellular respiration?…

A: Photosynthesis is a physiochemical process in which with the utilisation of carbon dioxide and water…

Q: Under extensive energy needs cells are constantly converting sugar into CO2 as a result of cellular…

A: During cellular respiration, cells convert sugar into carbon dioxide (CO2) and other byproducts.…

Q: Under anaerobic conditions, skeletal muscle cramps up and is unable to relax. Based on what you know…

A: Hi, Thanks For Your Question.  Answer : A Muscle Cramp Is A Painful Contraction Of The Muscle. This…

Q: Complete the following table about the total products of the various pathways of cellular…

A: The answers are given in the table below. Three stages of cellular respiration result in energy…

Q: Trypanosomes living in the bloodstream obtain all their free energy from glycolysis. They take up…

A: We can say that the Glycerol Phosphate oxidase system is the important pathway using which the…

Q: Compare how much net ATP is generated per glucose molecule under anaerobic vs aerobic conditions and…

A: It is necessary for all living things to produce energy through cellular respiration. Energy is…

Q: As early as the 1930s, it was known that frog muscles could still contract when glycolysis was…

A: We know that the energy generated in the metabolic process is usually stored in the high energy…

Q: Briefly explain the mechanism by which ATP synthase produces ATP.List three locations in which ATP…

A: ATP synthase is a type of enzyme that is responsible for synthesizing ATP from ADP and an inorganic…

Q: Consider a gene in the mitochondrial genome that codes for a channel protein in the inner membrane…

A: Mitochondria are membrane-bound cell organelles that generate most of the chemical energy needed to…

Q: During strenuous exercise, the NADH formed in the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase reaction…

A: During strenuous exercise, the glycolysis that continues is known as anaerobic glycolysis and the…

Q: How many ATPs are synthesized for every cytoplasmic NADH that participates in the glycerophosphate…

A: The glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle is a mechanism that regenerates NAD+ from NADH, a by-product of…

Q: Mature human red blood cells do not have any mitochondria, yet they live for weeks.Predict which…

A: Upon maturity red blood cells expelled its organelles for providing more space for haemoglobin for…

Q: The proton-motive force is a measure of the potential energy generated across the mitochondrial…

A: The catabolism of carbohydrates, fatty acids, and amino acids generates the reducing equivalents…

Q: Explain how production of lactate from pyruvate can promote glycolysis in the muscle cells

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Q: Explain how energy stored in pyruvate is converted into adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in eukaryotic…

A: Cellular respiration is a collection of three metabolic pathways that generate ATP by the oxidation…

Q: During cellular respiration, approximately 34 ATP are produced from one molecule of glucose.  a. How…

A: Let's break down how each stage contributes to ATP production: ATP made during glycolysis:Although…