Cellular respiration is a vital metabolic process where cells convert glucose into energy through multiple stages, producing ATP as the primary energy currency.
- The process demonstrates how glycolysis relates to cellular respiration by breaking down glucose into pyruvate in the cytoplasm
- The steps involved in the Krebs cycle during cellular respiration occur in mitochondria, further breaking down pyruvate
- The role of electron transport chain in ATP production is crucial, generating 90% of the body's ATP through oxidative phosphorylation
- This process requires oxygen as a reactant and produces carbon dioxide and water as byproducts
- ATP serves as the universal energy currency for all cellular functions and processes
