Question: Within a cell, the site of aerobic respiration is-
Options:
Vacuole
Mitochondrion
Plastid
Peroxysome
📌📌Other Options:
-Vacuole: Vacuoles are membrane-bound sacs that store water, nutrients, and waste products in the cell.
-Plastid: Plastids are membrane-bound organelles found in plant cells. There are different types of plastids, including chloroplasts (for photosynthesis) and amyloplasts (for starch storage).
-Peroxysome: Peroxisomes are membrane-bound organelles that are involved in various metabolic processes, including the breakdown of fatty acids and the detoxification of harmful substances.
🔑Important Key Points:
• Steps of Aerobic Respiration in the Mitochondrion:
-Glycolysis (occurs in the cytoplasm): Produces pyruvate, which is transported into the mitochondrion.
-Krebs Cycle (Citric Acid Cycle): Takes place in the mitochondrial matrix and generates high-energy electron carriers (NADH and FADHâ‚‚).
-Electron Transport Chain (ETC): Occurs in the inner mitochondrial membrane, where electrons are transferred through protein complexes to produce ATP via oxidative phosphorylation.
🛑 Additional Information:
-The sites for the process of aerobic respiration are the Cytoplasm and the Mitochondria.
-Aerobic respiration is characteristic of eukaryotic cells when they have sufficient oxygen and most of it takes place in the mitochondria.
-Cellular respiration begins in the cytoplasm with glycolysis.
-Aerobic respiration or cell respiration in the presence of oxygen uses the end product of glycolysis in the TCA cycle to produce much more energy currency in the form of ATP than can be obtained from any anaerobic pathway.