Under extensive energy needs cells are constantly converting sugar into CO2 as a result of cellular respiration. In order for this process to occur cells need a significant amount of Oxygen. Explain how the production of CO2 and other biproducts of cellular respiration leads to efficient delivery of Oxygen to the cell.

Under extensive energy needs cells are constantly converting sugar into CO2 as a result of cellular respiration. In order for this process to occur cells need a significant amount of Oxygen. Explain how the production of CO2 and other biproducts of cellular respiration leads to efficient delivery of Oxygen to the cell.

Concepts of Biology

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168116

Author:Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise

Publisher:Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise

Chapter4: How Cells Obtain Energy

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 19CTQ: When muscle cells run out of oxygen, what happens to the potential for energy extraction from sugars...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

The fate of glucose in cellular respiration is to yield carbon dioxide. Is this statement true? Explain the steps in theprocess of cellular respiration that yield carbon dioxide.
Cells can generate as many as 36 to 38 molecules of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) from the metabolism of one molecule of glucose. Which cellular process results in this amount of ATP production?
Assuming that all the glucose entering a muscle fiber is oxidized, as what molecule will the glucose carbon leave the body? Of glucose’s six carbons, two oxidized carbon byproducts will be produced by one enzyme, and four will be produced by a metabolic pathway. At which enzyme and pathway are these carbon-based bi-products produced?
In cellular respiration, do the inputs and outputs have equal, greater, or lesser energy than each other and why.
An enzyme catalyzes the formation of ATP from ADP and phosphate ion. What is its effect on the rate of hydrolysis of ATP to ADP and phosphate ion?
which of these events occur during the normal function of ATP in the cell?
Why are oxygen molecules important in oxidative phosphorylation? What are the consequences if they are absent for a short period of time in tissues that routinely use oxidative phosphorylation to produce useful energy?
In aerobic respiration, does inhaled molecular oxygen (O2) combine chemically with carbon to produce CO2? If so, explain when this occurs. If not, describe the fate of O2 and the production of CO2.
(a) NAD+ kinase catalyzes the ATP-dependent conversion of NAD+ to NADP+. How many reducing equivalents are involved in this reaction? (b) How many reducing equivalents are involved in the conversion of ferric ion to ferrous ion? (c) How many reducing equivalents are involved in reducing one molecule of oxygen gas to water?
In the absence of oxygen, the cell's ability to convert glucose into ATP is
Although the outer mitochondrial membrane is permeable to all small molecules, the inner mitochondrial membrane is essentially impermeable in the absence of specific transport proteins. Consider this information answer: If the inner mitochondrial membrane were rendered as permeable as the outer membrane, how would that affect oxidative phosphorylation? Which specific processes would stop and which remain?
Why is the removal of the third phosphate group from ATP highly exergonic?