CIE A Level Biology复习笔记12.2.2 The Four Stages in Aerobic Respiration

• Glucose is the main respiratory substrate used by cells
• Aerobic respiration is the process of breaking down a respiratory substrate in order to produce ATP using oxygen
• The process of aerobic respiration using glucose can be split into four stages
• Each stage occurs at a particular location in a eukaryotic cell:
  • Glycolysis takes place in the cell cytoplasm
  • The Link reaction takes place in the matrix of the mitochondria
  • The Krebs cycle takes place in the matrix of the mitochondria
  • Oxidative phosphorylation occurs at the inner membrane of the mitochondria

Four Stages of Respiration Table