Fermentation:ATP production w/o Oxygen- Anaerobic Respiration- without oxygen - Glycolysis oxidizes glucose to two molecules of pyruvate o NAD + is the oxidizing agent o ATP generated by substrate-level phosphorilation - Substrate-level phosphorilation occurs aslong as there is NAD+ to accept electrons during the oxidation step of glycolysis. o NAD+ must be recycled from NADH o w/o this process all of the NAD+ in the cell would be used up - In aerobic respiration NAD+ is recycled from NADH when the electrons are transferred to the ETC - In anaerobic respiration the electrons aretransferred from NADH to pyruvate, theend product of glycolysis, to form an acid or alcohol. Alcoholic FermentationIn alcohol fermentation, pyruvate is converted to ethanol in two steps. •First, pyruvate is converted to a two-carboncompound, acetaldehyde by the removal of CO2. •Second, acetaldehyde is reduced by NADH to ethanol. •Alcohol fermentation by yeast is used in brewing and winemaking.Lactic Acid FermentationDuring lactic acid fermentation, pyruvate is reduced directly by NADH to form lactate (ionized form of lactic acid). •Lactic acid fermentation by some fungi andbacteria is used to make cheese and yogurt. •Muscle cells switch from aerobic respiration to lactic acid fermentation to generate ATP when O2 is scarce. •The waste product, lactate, may cause muscle fatigue, but ultimately it is convertedback to pyruvate in the liver. Comparison: Fermentation and Respiration•Fermentation and cellular respiration are anaerobic and aerobic alternatives, respectively, for producing ATP from sugars.•Both use glycolysis to oxidize sugars to pyruvate with a net production of 2 ATP by substrate-level phosphorylation. •Both use NAD+ as an electron acceptor.•In fermentation, the electrons of NADH arepassed to an organic molecule, regenerating NAD+. • In respiration, the electrons of NADH are ultimately passed to O2, generating ATP by oxidative phosphorylation. •In addition, even more ATP is generated from the oxidation of pyruvate in the Krebs cycle. •Without oxygen, the energy still stored in pyruvate is unavailable to the cell. •Under aerobic respiration, a molecule of glucose yields 38 ATP, but the same molecule of glucose yields only 2 ATP underanaerobic respiration. Facultative Anaerobes•Some organisms (facultative anaerobes), including yeast and many bacteria, can survive using either fermentation or respiration.•At a cellular level, human muscle cells can behave as facultative anaerobes, but nerve cells cannot. •For facultative anaerobes, pyruvate is a forkin the metabolic road that leads to two alternative routes. Under aerobic conditions, pyruvate can be converted to acetylCoA and oxidation continues in the Krebs cycle.Under anaerobic conditions, pyruvate is an electron acceptorto recycle
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