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    located in the inner membrane of the mitochondria of eukaryotic organisms and on the inner part of the cell membrane of prokaryotic organisms. This energy from the electrons is used to generate ATP. This process is called?oxidative?phosphorylation("Adenosine

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    the least. Introduction     Cellular respiration is the group metabolic reactions that happen in the cell of living organism that creates adenosine triphosphate, ATP, from biochemical energy. The formula for cellular respiration is C6H12O6 +6O26CO2+6H2O+ATP.  This formula means glucose and oxygen are turned into water,carbon dioxide and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) energy through chemical reactions. Cellular respiration occurs in all cells which allows them to grow. Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. Sativus

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    tissues, organs and systems (Crierie & Greig, 2002). The bicep, see figure 1, is made up of muscle cells and tissues, of which require energy to contract and move the arm. As the muscle continues to contract it uses energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate, also known as ATP. Breaking bonds between the carbon atoms in glucose produces this energy. This is done through a process called glycolysis. During each step, small amounts of energy are released and transferred to ATP (Crierie & Greig,

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    (Haldeman-Englert, 2014). McArdle’s disease is also known as Type V Glycogen Storage Disorder. It affects approximately one out of every 100,000 people ("McArdlesDisease.org," n.d.). Glycogen is broken down into glucose, which is used to produce adenosine triphosphate for muscle energy. Patients can live relatively normal lives with this disease once proper care and education has been provided (Kitaoka, 2014). Genetic Nature McArdle’s disease is seen as muscle dysfunction caused by a mutation in the gene

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    All of the following compounds are required at some stage of cellular respiration in plants, except A. NAD. B. sugar. C. adenosine diphosphate. D. oxygen. E. carbon dioxide. Cellular respiration occurs in both plant and animal cells. Both types of cells are very similar, containing similar organelles such as the mitochondria. The mitochondria is the site of cellular respiration, where glucose and oxygen can be used to produce ATP and carbon dioxide. In plant cells energy is created through the process

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    Atp Lab Report

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    Morgan Calafati #1 MAKE OBSERVATIONS Even in middle school biology I learned that the body produced ATP and used it for energy, and I never thought about what the abbreviation meant. When I learned that ATP was adenosine triphosphate, which is composed of a modified form of adenine and phosphates, it made me wonder why there is not chemical energy using the other bases. #2 ASK QUESTIONS Why is ATP the most common form of chemical energy rather than CTP, TTP, or GTP? #3 HYPOTHESIS • Because adenine

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    2.2.1 Nitrogen Organic nitrogen is the key element in biological substances like enzymes, peptides, proteins, chlorophylls and energy transfer molecules such as ADP (Adenosine diphosphate) and ATP (Adenosine-5'-triphosphate) [33]. Organic nitrogen is derived from inorganic sources including nitrite (NO2-), nitrate (NO3-), nitric acid (HNO3), ammonia (NH3), ammonium (NH4+), and nitrogen gas (N2). Microalgae has an ability to convert inorganic

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    Energy System What is ATP? ATP is often referred to as the energy currency of life. The body’s cells use a special form of energy called adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to power almost all their activities, such as muscle contraction, protein construction, transportation of substrates, communication with other cells, activating heat control mechanisms, and dismantling damaged and unused structures. It is the high-energy molecule that stores the energy we need to do have for just about everything we

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    Mitochondria are important because they allow our bodies to function by converting oxygen that we breathe in and the nutrients we ingest from food to energy we can use in the form of ATP (Adenosine triphosphate). This is done through aerobic respiration (requires oxygen), without the many mitochondria we have in our body we would not have sufficient energy from anaerobic respiration for our metabolic requirements. (Link its importance to its other functions- what would happen if it could not perform

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    Oxidatory Synthesis

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    Removal of antioxidant enzymes including small-molecule-weight antioxidants depends on cellular redox environment as it is a delicate process to regulate the two. ROS are responsible to regulate several physiological actions such as the ability to mediate and relate signal transduction from membrane receptors, At low concentrations, ROS are involved in regulating several physiological actions, including their ability to mediate relate signal transduction from membrane receptors, thus aiding the

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