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Respiration in Plants

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Where is the final product of glycolysis, pyruvate, transported for...

Where is the final product of glycolysis, pyruvate, transported for aerobic respiration?

Options

  1. ANucleus
  2. BCytoplasm
  3. CMitochondria
  4. DEndoplasmic reticulum

Correct answer

C. Mitochondria

Step-by-step solution

Explanation: For aerobic respiration to take place within the mitochondria, the final product of glycolysis, pyruvate is transported from the cytoplasm into the mitochondria. The crucial events in aerobic respiration are:

• The complete oxidation of pyruvate by the stepwise removal of all the hydrogen atoms, leaving three molecules of CO₂ .

• The passing on of the electrons removed as part of the hydrogen atoms to molecular O₂ with simultaneous synthesis of ATP.

What is interesting to note is that the first process takes place in the matrix of the mitochondria while the second process is located on the inner membrane of the mitochondria

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