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Cycle Of Krebs Cycle

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The process of cellular oxidation is essentially an energy transformation process; i which the energy stored in the food molecules am transformed into chemical energy of A (Adenosine triphosphate). Molecular oxygen is taken into the cell, the food molecules are, oxidized and energy, carbon dioxide and water are released.The energy that is released durin the oxidation of the food is used to couple phosphoric acid and ADP (Adenosine diphosphate) to the energy rich ATP. All the three types of food, such as carbohydrates, proteins and lipids are oxidized inside the cell in essentially the same manner. The pathways of these three types of molecules converge on a point known as Krebs cycle.The carbon dioxide produced inside cells diffuses out into blood and finally eliminated through the respiratory system. From the foregoing discussion, it is clear that ATP is the energy currency of the cell. However, it should be noted that ATP does not store energy, but rather transfers it to points in a cell requiring it.It refers to the anaerobic (without oxygen) breakdown of monosaccharides, especially glucose to two molecules of pyruvic acid (pyruvate) with a concominant release of a relatively small amount of energy in the form of ATP. The complete glycolytic pathway was worked out by Gustav Embden, Otto Meyerhoff, Carl Nituberg and Jacob Parnas in 1940.The glycolytic pathway is also known as Embden-Meyerhoff-Parnas (EMP) pathway in the honour of its discoverers. In this pathway, glucose

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