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  2. Flavin adenine dinucleotide - Wikipedia

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    FAD is an aromatic ring system, whereas FADH 2 is not. [12] This means that FADH 2 is significantly higher in energy, without the stabilization through resonance that the aromatic structure provides. FADH 2 is an energy-carrying molecule, because, once oxidized it regains aromaticity and releases the energy represented by this stabilization ...

  3. Cellular respiration - Wikipedia

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    Cellular respiration is the process of oxidizing biological fuels using an inorganic electron acceptor, such as oxygen, to drive production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which contains energy. Cellular respiration may be described as a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert chemical ...

  4. Chemiosmosis - Wikipedia

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    The bacterial cell wall is omitted, gram-positive bacterial cells do not have outer membrane. [6] The complete breakdown of glucose releasing its energy is called cellular respiration. The last steps of this process occur in mitochondria. The reduced molecules NADH and FADH 2 are generated by the Krebs cycle, glycolysis, and pyruvate processing.

  5. Metabolic pathway - Wikipedia

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    These pathways transfer the energy released by breakdown of nutrients into ATP and other small molecules used for energy (e.g. GTP, NADPH, FADH 2). All cells can perform anaerobic respiration by glycolysis. Additionally, most organisms can perform more efficient aerobic respiration through the citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation.

  6. Mitochondrial matrix - Wikipedia

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    The second step facilitated by ornithine transcarbamylase converts carbamoyl phosphate and ornithine into citrulline. After these initial steps the urea cycle continues in the inner membrane space until ornithine once again enters the matrix through a transport channel to continue the first to steps within matrix.

  7. Oxidative phosphorylation - Wikipedia

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    In brown adipose tissue, regulated proton channels called uncoupling proteins can uncouple respiration from ATP synthesis. [113] This rapid respiration produces heat, and is particularly important as a way of maintaining body temperature for hibernating animals, although these proteins may also have a more general function in cells' responses ...

  8. Beta oxidation - Wikipedia

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    Oxidation by NAD +: The third step is the oxidation of L-β-hydroxyacyl CoA by NAD +. This converts the hydroxyl group into a keto group. 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase: β-ketoacyl CoA Thiolysis: The final step is the cleavage of β-ketoacyl CoA by the thiol group of another molecule of Coenzyme A. The thiol is inserted between C-2 and C-3 ...

  9. Adenosine diphosphate - Wikipedia

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    Oxidative phosphorylation produces 26 of the 30 equivalents of ATP generated in cellular respiration by transferring electrons from NADH or FADH2 to O 2 through electron carriers. [10] The energy released when electrons are passed from higher-energy NADH or FADH2 to the lower-energy O 2 is required to phosphorylate ADP and once again generate ...