Enzymes and respiration
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- Created on: 10-05-15 15:24
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- Enzymes and Respiration
- Respiration is the process if releasing energy from glucose, which goes on in every cell
- It involves many reactions all of which are catalysed by enzymes
- As respiration releases energy that the cell needs to do just about everything
- 1)respiration is not breathing in and out
- 2)Respiration is the process of releasing energy from the breakdown of glucose-and it goes on in every cell in the body
- 3)It happen in plants too, all living things repsire
- Aerobic respiration needs plenty of oxygen
- Aerobic respiration is the most efficient way to release energy from glucose
- It goes on all the time in plants and animals
- Most reactions in aerobic respiration happen inside the mitochondria
- Glucose + oxygen = carbon dioxide + water + energy
- Respiration releases energy for all kinds off things
- 1)To build up larger molecules from smaller ones (like proteins and amino acids)
- 2)In animals, to allow the muscles to contract
- 3)In mammals and birds the energy is used to keep their body temperature steady
- 4)In plants, to build sugars, nitrates and other nutrients into amino acids, which are then built up into protiens
- Respiration is the process if releasing energy from glucose, which goes on in every cell
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