[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]The Biochemistry of Movement > 9.7.1. ATP is the energy currency of every living cell > Biochemical Fuels Are Broken Down to Release Energy >[/cs_text][cs_text style=”color: #800000;font-family: “Oxygen”,sans-serif;”]Explain that biochemical fuels are broken down to release energy for making [/cs_text][cs_text]
- Biochemical fuels include fats (for long-term storage) and carbohydrates (main, faster source of energy).
- These different fuels are broken down into glucose, which is used for aerobic respiration to produce energy.
- Respiration (both aerobic and anaerobic) is a series of steps and reactions that help release energy from glucose.
- 1 glucose molecule yields 38 ATP: 2 from glycolysis, 2 from the TCA cycle, and roughly 34 from the Electron Transport Chain.
- There are four steps to the aerobic respiration process: Glycolysis, Acetyl-CoA, the TCA cycle, and the Electron Transport Chain (ETC).
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