
In the next two stages of this process, we'll see how we can use oxygen and electron carriers to create even more ATP to energize our cells. Glycolysis (glyco = sugar lysis = breaking) Goal: break glucose down to form two pyruvates Who: all life on earth performs glyclolysis Where: the cytoplasm You'll also remember that cellular respiration yields water and carbon dioxide.

In subsequent steps, two ADP molecules per three-carbon molecule come by to pick up all the phosphate groups. You can test out of the first two years of college and save thousands off your degree. Here, it's rearranged and receives two phosphate groups from two different molecules of ATP, which then become ADP. The acetate attaches to a coenzyme called coenzyme A to form the compound acetyl-CoA.

The fancy chemical formula for cellular respiration is C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 32 ADP yields 6H2O + 6CO2 + 32 ATP. The phosphate group is added to the molecule. When the cell needs energy, it removes phosphates from ATP by hydrolysis, creating energy and either adenosine diphosphate (ADP), which has two phosphates, or adenosine monophosphate (AMP), which has one phosphate. Next, go to any lesson page and begin adding lessons. This general equation for aerobic respiration (which you should know for the test) is actually the product of three separate stages: glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain.

In this step, 1,3 bisphoglycerate is converted to 3-phosphoglycerate by the enzyme phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK).
