anaerobic respiration

Cards (4)

  • anaerobic respiration
    • no oxygen
    • glycolysis still occurs as it is anaerobic itself - in the cytoplasm
    • only 2 ATP produced per glucose as only glycolysis occurs
  • lactate fermentation
    • mammals
    • pyruvate -> lactate (lactic acid)
    • NADH used to form NAD, which is then used again in glycolysis so small amounts of ATP is still produced
  • lactate fermentation
    • cells can tolerate high levels of lactic acid for short periods of time
    • lactate is removed from cells, through the blood stream and to the LIVER
    • the liver converts it back to glucose in gluconeogenesis
  • alcoholic fermentation (yeast)

    • pyruvate is decarboxylated to form ethanal
    • ethanal is reduced to form ethanol, using NADH from glycolysis to produced NAD, which is used again in glycolysis so small amounts of ATP is still produced