cellular respiration

Also known as oxidative metabolism, GO:0045333, oxidative metabolic process, cell respiration

enzymatic release of energy from inorganic and organic compounds

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Cellular respiration is the process by which cells break down compounds—both organic ones like glucose and inorganic ones—using enzymes to release the energy stored in them. This energy is essential for all living organisms to power their basic functions, from moving and growing to thinking and reproducing.

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Research

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Cellular respiration in dendritic cells: Exploring oxygen-dependent pathways for potential therapeutic interventions.ReviewFree radical biology & medicine · 2025Peter A, Berneman ZN, Cools NDOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.12.014
Listeria monocytogenes requires cellular respiration for NAD(+) regeneration and pathogenesis.eLife · 2022Rivera-Lugo R, Deng D, Anaya-Sanchez A et al.DOI: 10.7554/eLife.75424
Cellular Respiration in Thymic Fragments from Mice.Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition) · 2022Alshamsi M, Hassane M, Almarzooqi F et al.DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2708230
FDX1 regulates cellular protein lipoylation through direct binding to LIAS.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2023Dreishpoon MB, Bick NR, Petrova B et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105046
Nitric oxide and cellular respiration.ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 1999Brunori M, Giuffrè A, Sarti P et al.DOI: 10.1007/s000180050452
Electrospun Fibers Improving Cellular Respiration via Mitochondrial Protection.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2021Chen W, Zheng D, Chen Y et al.DOI: 10.1002/smll.202104012
Rejuvenating cellular respiration for optimizing respiratory function: targeting mitochondria.ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2016Agrawal A, Mabalirajan UDOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00320.2015
Assaying Mitochondrial Respiration as an Indicator of Cellular Metabolism and Fitness.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023Smolina N, Khudiakov A, Kostareva ADOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3052-5_1

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The metabolic pathways inside eukaryotic cells. Aerobic respiration takes place in the mitochondrion where oxygen is reduced into water. Glycolysis provides pyruvate and NADH to fuel the mitochondrial electron transport chain.

Cellular respiration is the process of oxidizing biological fuels using an inorganic electron acceptor, such as oxygen, to drive production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which stores chemical energy in a biologically accessible form. Cellular respiration may be described as a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells to transfer chemical energy from nutrients to ATP, with the flow of electrons to an electron acceptor, and then release waste products.