MindTap Biology, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card for Starr/Taggart/Evers/Starr's Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
MindTap Biology, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card for Starr/Taggart/Evers/Starr's Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305269842
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 12SQ
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Introduction: Oxidizing an organic molecule breaks the covalent bonds of carbon backbone. Aerobic respiration generates the ATP molecule by oxidizing glucose. Cells also harvest energy from other molecules such as fats, complex carbohydrates, and proteins in food can be converted to molecules that enter aerobic respiration at various stages. First, the digestive system and then individual cells convert molecules in food into substrates of glycolysis or anaerobic respiration’s second-stage reactions.

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