anaerobic respiration in yeast and higher plants

Cards (9)

  • what is another name for anaerobic respiration in yeast
    fermetnation
  • in anaerobic respiration in yeast what pyruvate converted to(what are the end products)

    ethanol and carbon dioxide
  • what is the first step of anaerobic respiration in plants(in general to produce pyruvate)

    glycolysis
  • after pyruvate has been formed by glycolysis what is it converted into

    ethanal
  • what is used to convert pyruvate into ethanal
    ethanal dehydrogenase
  • when pyruvate is being converted into ethanal with ethanal dehydrogenase what is released

    a co2 molecule
  • once ethanal has been made in anaerobic respiration of plant cells what is it then converted into

    ethanol
  • how is ethanal converted into ethanol
    it is oxidised
  • what enzyme is used to convert ethanal into ethanol

    ethanol dehydrogenase