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Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology,

Fourth Edition– Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, and Jane B. Reece

Chapter 6Chapter 6Cellular Respiration: Obtaining

Energy from Food

1 Biology and Society: Marathoners versus Sprinters

• Sprinters do not usually compete at short and long

distances.

• Natural differences in the muscles of these athletes

favor sprinting or long-distance running.

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• The muscles that move our legs contain two main

types of muscle fibers:

1. slow-twitch and

2. fast-twitch.

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• Slow-twitch fibers

– last longer,

– do not generate a lot of quick power, and

– generate ATP using oxygen (aerobically).

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• Fast-twitch fibers

– contract more quickly and powerfully,

– fatigue more quickly, and

– can generate ATP without using oxygen (anaerobically).

• All human muscles contain both types of fibers but

in different ratios.

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ENERGY FLOW AND CHEMICAL CYCLING IN THE BIOSPHERE

• Animals depend on plants to convert the energy of

sunlight to

– chemical energy of sugars and

– other organic molecules we consume as food.

• Photosynthesis uses light energy from the sun to

– power a chemical process and

– make organic molecules.

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10 Producers and Consumers

• Plants and other autotrophs (self-feeders)

– make their own organic matter from inorganic nutrients.

• Heterotrophs (other-feeders)

– include humans and other animals that cannot make organic molecules from inorganic ones.

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Producers and Consumers

• Autotrophs are producers because ecosystems

depend upon them for food.

• Heterotrophs are consumers because they eat

plants or other animals.

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12 Chemical Cycling between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

• The ingredients for photosynthesis are carbon

dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O).

– CO2 is obtained from the air by a plant’s leaves.

– H2O is obtained from the damp soil by a plant’s roots.

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• Chloroplasts in the cells of leaves use light energy

to rearrange the atoms of CO2 and H2O, which

produces

– sugars (such as glucose),

– other organic molecules, and

– oxygen gas.

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Chemical Cycling between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

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• Plant and animal cells perform cellularrespiration, a chemical process that

– primarily occurs in mitochondria,

– harvests energy stored in organic molecules,

– uses oxygen, and

– generates ATP.

Chemical Cycling between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

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• The waste products of cellular respiration are

– CO2 and H2O,

– used in photosynthesis.

Chemical Cycling between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

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• Animals perform only cellular respiration.

• Plants perform

– photosynthesis and

– cellular respiration.

Chemical Cycling between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

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• Plants usually make more organic molecules than

they need for fuel. This surplus provides material

that can be

– used for the plant to grow or

– stored as starch in potatoes.

Chemical Cycling between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

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18 Figure 6.2

Sunlight energyenters ecosystem

Photosynthesis

Cellular respiration

C6H12O6 CO2

drives cellular work

Heat energy exits ecosystem

ATP

O2 H2O

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CELLULAR RESPIRATION: AEROBIC HARVEST OF FOOD ENERGY

• Cellular respiration is

– the main way that chemical energy is harvested from food and converted to ATP and

– an aerobic process—it requires oxygen.

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• Cellular respiration and breathing are closely

related.

– Cellular respiration requires a cell to exchange gases with its surroundings.

– Cells take in oxygen gas.

– Cells release waste carbon dioxide gas.

– Breathing exchanges these same gases between the blood and outside air.

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CELLULAR RESPIRATION: AEROBIC HARVEST OF FOOD ENERGY

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Figure 6.3

Breathing

Cellularrespiration

Musclecells

Lungs

CO2

CO2

O2

O2

22 The Simplified Equation for Cellular Respiration

• A common fuel molecule for cellular respiration is

glucose.

• Cellular respiration can produce up to 32 ATP

molecules for each glucose molecule consumed.

• The overall equation for what happens to glucose

during cellular respiration is

– glucose & oxygen � CO2, H2O, & a release of energy.

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Figure 6.UN01

C6H12O6 CO2 ATPO2 H2O

Glucose Oxygen Carbondioxide

Water Energy

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24 The Role of Oxygen in Cellular Respiration

• During cellular respiration, hydrogen and its

bonding electrons change partners from sugar to

oxygen, forming water as a product.

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Redox Reactions

• Chemical reactions that transfer electrons from one substance to another are called

– oxidation-reduction reactions or

– redox reactions for short.

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• Why does electron transfer to oxygen release

energy?

– When electrons move from glucose to oxygen, it is as though the electrons were falling.

– This “fall” of electrons releases energy during cellular respiration.

Redox Reactions

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Figure 6.4

Releaseof heat

energy

1

2H2 O2

H2O

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• Cellular respiration is

– a controlled fall of electrons and

– a stepwise cascade much like going down a staircase.

Redox Reactions

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• The path that electrons take on their way down from glucose to oxygen involves many steps.

• The first step is an electron acceptor called NAD+.

– NAD is made by cells from niacin, a B vitamin.

– The transfer of electrons from organic fuel to NAD+ reduces it to NADH.

NADH and Electron Transport Chains

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• The rest of the path consists of an electron transport chain, which

– involves a series of redox reactions and

– ultimately leads to the production of large amounts of ATP.

NADH and Electron Transport Chains

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Figure 6.5

Electrons from food

Stepwise releaseof energy usedto make

Hydrogen, electrons,and oxygen combineto produce water

NADHNAD++++

H++++

H++++

ATP

H2O

O2

2 2

2

2

2

1

e−−−− e−−−−

e−−−− e−−−−

e−−−−

e−−−−

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Stepwise release

of energy used

to make ATP

Hydrogen, electrons, and oxygen combine to produce water

H++++

ATP

H2O

O2

2 2

2

2

21

e−−−−

e−−−−

Electron transport chain

H++++

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An Overview of Cellular Respiration

• Cellular respiration is an example of a metabolic

pathway, which is a series of chemical reactions in

cells.

• All of the reactions involved in cellular respiration

can be grouped into three main stages:

1. glycolysis,

2. the citric acid cycle, and

3. electron transport.

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BioFlix Animation: Cellular Respiration

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Figure 6.6

Cytoplasm

Cytoplasm

Cytoplasm

Animal cell Plant cell

Mitochondrion

Mitochondrion

High-energyelectronsvia carriermolecules

CitricAcidCycle

ElectronTransport

Glycolysis

Glucose

2Pyruvic

acid

ATP ATP ATP

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CytoplasmMitochondrion

High-energyelectronsvia carrier

molecules

Citric

Acid

Cycle

Electron

Transport

Glycolysis

Glucose2

Pyruvic

acid

ATP ATP ATP

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The Three Stages of Cellular Respiration

• With the big-picture view of cellular respiration in

mind, let’s examine the process in more detail.

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1. A six-carbon glucose molecule is split in half to

form two molecules of pyruvic acid.

2. These two molecules then donate high energy

electrons to NAD+, forming NADH.

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Figure 6.7

Energy investment phase

Carbon atom

Phosphate group

High-energy electron

Key

Glucose

2 ATP2 ADP

INPUT

P

Energy harvest phase

OUTPUT

NADH

NADH

NAD++++

NAD++++ 2 ATP

2 ATP

2 ADP

2 ADP

2 Pyruvic acid

P

PP

P

PP

P

P

1

2

2

3

3

– –

– –

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2 Pyruvic acid

Glucose

INPUT OUTPUT

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Figure 6.7b-1

Energy investment phase

2 ATP2 ADP

P

P1

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Energy investment phase

2 ATP2 ADP

Energy harvest phase

NADH

NADH

NAD++++

NAD++++P

PP

P

PP

P

P– –

– –

2

2

1

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Figure 6.7b-3

Energy investment phase

2 ATP2 ADP

Energy harvest phase

NADH

NADH

NAD++++

NAD++++ 2 ATP

2 ATP

2 ADP

2 ADP

P

PP

P

PP

P

– –

– –

2

2

3

3

1

P

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– uses two ATP molecules per glucose to split the six-carbon glucose and

– makes four additional ATP directly when enzymes transfer phosphate groups from fuel molecules to ADP.

• Thus, glycolysis produces a net of two molecules

of ATP per glucose molecule.

3. Glycolysis

Stage 1: Glycolysis

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Figure 6.8

ADPATP

P

P P

Enzyme

48Stage 2: The Citric Acid Cycle

• In the citric acid cycle, pyruvic acid from glycolysis

is first “groomed.”

– Each pyruvic acid loses a carbon as CO2.

– The remaining fuel molecule, with only two carbons left, is acetic acid.

• Oxidation of the fuel generates NADH.

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• Finally, each acetic acid is attached to a molecule

called coenzyme A to form acetyl CoA.

• The CoA escorts the acetic acid into the first

reaction of the citric acid cycle.

• The CoA is then stripped and recycled.

Stage 2: The Citric Acid Cycle

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(from glycolysis)

(to citric acid cycle)

Oxidation of the fuelgenerates NADH

Pyruvic acidloses a carbon

as CO2

Acetic acidattaches tocoenzyme APyruvic acid

Acetic acid Acetyl CoA

Coenzyme A

CoA

CO2

NAD++++ NADH

INPUT OUTPUT2

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– –

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Figure 6.9a

(from glycolysis)

(to citric acid cycle)

Pyruvic acidAcetyl CoA

CoA

INPUT OUTPUT

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Oxidation of the fuelgenerates NADH

Pyruvic acidloses a carbonas CO2

Acetic acidattaches tocoenzyme A

Acetic acid

Coenzyme ACO2

NAD++++ NADH

OUTPUT

1

2

3

– –

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• The citric acid cycle

– extracts the energy of sugar by breaking the acetic acid molecules all the way down to CO2,

– uses some of this energy to make ATP, and

– forms NADH and FADH2.

Stage 2: The Citric Acid Cycle

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Figure 6.10

3 NAD++++

ADP ++++ P

3 NADH

FADH2FAD

Aceticacid

Citricacid

Acceptormolecule

CitricAcidCycle

ATP

2 CO2

INPUT OUTPUT

3

12

4

5

– –

– –

6

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3 NAD++++

ADP ++++ P

3 NADH

FADH2FAD

Aceticacid

1

ATP

2 CO2

INPUT OUTPUT

4

2

3

5

– –

– –

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Figure 6.10b

Citricacid

Acceptormolecule

CitricAcidCycle

INPUT OUTPUT

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• Electron transport releases the energy your cells need to make the most of their ATP.

• The molecules of the electron transport chainare built into the inner membranes of mitochondria.

• The chain

– functions as a chemical machine, which

– uses energy released by the “fall” of electrons to pump hydrogen ions across the inner mitochondrial membrane, and

– uses these ions to store potential energy.

Stage 3: Electron Transport

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• When the hydrogen ions flow back through the

membrane, they release energy.

– The hydrogen ions flow through ATP synthase.

– ATP synthase

– takes the energy from this flow and

– synthesizes ATP.

Stage 3: Electron Transport

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Space betweenmembranes

Innermitochondrialmembrane

Electroncarrier

Proteincomplex

Electronflow

Matrix Electron transport chain ATP synthase

NADH NAD++++

FADH2 FAD

ATPADP

H2OO21

2

H++++

2

P

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++ H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++1

2

4

6

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2

Figure 6.11a

Spacebetweenmembranes

Innermitochondrialmembrane

Electroncarrier

Proteincomplex

Electronflow

Matrix Electron transport chain ATP synthase

NADH NAD++++

FADH2 FAD

ATPADP

H2OO2 2

P

– –

– –

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++ H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

1

2

4

6

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H++++

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1

2

Figure 6.11b

Spacebetweenmembranes

Inner

mitochondrial

membrane

Electron

carrier

Protein

complex

Electron

flow

Matrix Electron transport chain

NADH NAD++++

FADH2 FAD

O2

H++++

2

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H

––

––

1

2

3

4

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Figure 6.11c

ATP synthase

ATPADP

H2OO2 2

P

H++++

5

4

6

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++

H++++++++

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• Cyanide is a deadly poison that

– binds to one of the protein complexes in the electron transport chain,

– prevents the passage of electrons to oxygen, and

– stops the production of ATP.

Stage 3: Electron Transport

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The Results of Cellular Respiration

• Cellular respiration can generate up to 32

molecules of ATP per molecule of glucose.

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Cytoplasm

Mitochondrion

NADH

CitricAcidCycle

ElectronTransport

Glycolysis

Glucose

2Pyruvic

acid

2ATP

2ATP

NADHNADH

FADH2

Maximumper

glucose:

2AcetylCoA

About28 ATP

by directsynthesis

by directsynthesis

by ATPsynthase

2 2

2

6

About32 ATP

– –– –

– –

– –

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Figure 6.12a

CitricAcidCycle

ElectronTransport

Glycolysis

Glucose2

Pyruvicacid

2ATP

2ATP

2AcetylCoA

About28 ATP

by directsynthesis

by directsynthesis

by ATPsynthase

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• In addition to glucose, cellular respiration can

“burn”

– diverse types of carbohydrates,

– fats, and

– proteins.

The Results of Cellular Respiration

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Figure 6.13

Food

Polysaccharides Fats Proteins

Sugars Glycerol Fatty acids Amino acids

Glycolysis Acetyl

CoA

Citric

Acid

Cycle

ElectronTransport

ATP

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• Some of your cells can actually work for short

periods without oxygen.

• Fermentation is the anaerobic (without oxygen)

harvest of food energy.

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Fermentation in Human Muscle Cells

• After functioning anaerobically for about 15

seconds, muscle cells begin to generate ATP by

the process of fermentation.

• Fermentation relies on glycolysis to produce ATP.

• Glycolysis

– does not require oxygen and

– produces two ATP molecules for each glucose broken down to pyruvic acid.

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• Pyruvic acid, produced by glycolysis,

– is reduced by NADH,

– producing NAD+, which

– keeps glycolysis going.

• In human muscle cells, lactic acid is a by-product.

Fermentation in Human Muscle Cells

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Glucose

2 ATP

2 NAD++++ 2 NADH 2 NADH 2 NAD++++

2 H++++

2 ADP

2 Pyruvic acid2 Lactic acid

Glycolysis

INPUT OUTPUT

2 P

– – – –

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• Observation: Muscles produce lactic acid under anaerobic conditions.

• Question: Does the buildup of lactic acid cause muscle fatigue?

The Process of Science: What Causes Muscle Burn?

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• Hypothesis: The buildup of lactic acid would cause muscle activity to stop.

• Experiment: Tested frog muscles under conditions when lactic acid

– could and

– could not diffuse away.

The Process of Science: What Causes Muscle Burn?

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Figure 6.15

Battery

Forcemeasured

Battery

Forcemeasured

Frog muscle

stimulated by electric

current

Solution preventsdiffusion of lactic acid

Solution allowsdiffusion of lactic acid;

muscle can work fortwice as long

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• Results: When lactic acid could diffuse away,

performance improved greatly.

• Conclusion: Lactic acid accumulation is the

primary cause of failure in muscle tissue.

• However, recent evidence suggests that the role of

lactic acid in muscle function remains unclear.

The Process of Science: What Causes Muscle Burn?

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Fermentation in Microorganisms

• Fermentation alone is able to sustain many types

of microorganisms.

• The lactic acid produced by microbes using

fermentation is used to produce

– cheese, sour cream, and yogurt,

– soy sauce, pickles, and olives, and

– sausage meat products.

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• Yeast is a microscopic fungus that

– uses a different type of fermentation and

– produces CO2 and ethyl alcohol instead of lactic acid.

• This type of fermentation, called alcoholic fermentation, is used to produce

– beer,

– wine, and

– breads.

Fermentation in Microorganisms

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Figure 6.16

Glucose

2 ATP

2 NADH 2 NAD++++

2

++++ 2 P

2 Pyruvicacid

2 Ethyl alcohol

Glycolysis

INPUT OUTPUT

2 CO2 released

2 ADP

H++++++++

2 NADH2 NAD++++

– –– –

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• Glycolysis could be used by ancient bacteria to

make ATP

– when little oxygen was available, and

– before organelles evolved.

• Today, glycolysis

– occurs in almost all organisms and

– is a metabolic heirloom of the first stage in the breakdown of organic molecules.

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