FAD or flavin adenine dinucleotide is a coenzyme and takes part in various redox reactions occurring in the living system. It is involved in... View Article
Glycolysis is the first step in cellular respiration. In glycolysis, glucose is partially oxidised to two molecules of pyruvate. Glycolysis... View Article
Chemiosmosis is the movement of ions across the semipermeable membrane down the electrochemical gradient. Chemiosmosis powers the synthesis of... View Article
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase or better known as RuBisCO is the most abundant enzyme in the world. It catalyses the first step... View Article
Less than seven percent of the energy in glucose is released in fermentation and moreover not all of it is stored as ATP. So fermentation is not... View Article
Carbohydrates are the preferred source of energy. ATP is produced during cellular respiration. Also Check: Where Does the Krebs Cycle Take... View Article
Yes, pyruvate is the end product of glycolysis. Glycolysis occurs in the cytoplasm. One molecule of glucose is partially oxidised to produce 2... View Article
ATP is required in two of the steps of glycolysis. First, in the conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate and second, in the conversion of... View Article
Oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate is one of the significant steps of cellular respiration, which links glycolysis to the Krebs cycle. It... View Article
Yes, humans have an electron transport chain present in the inner membrane of mitochondria. The electron transport chain is a part of cellular... View Article
The two-terminal phosphate bonds are considered high energy in ATP. On hydrolysis, ATP produces ADP and AMP, with the release of energy. ATP... View Article
The three main cellular activities that require energy are biosynthesis, transport of substances and movement such as muscle contraction.... View Article
Insulin is a hormone secreted from the pancreas. It is secreted by β cells of Islets of Langerhans. It is a peptide hormone and stimulates... View Article
Coronary artery disease often takes decades for symptoms to show up. However, evidence has shown that unhealthy lifestyle can cause CAD to... View Article
Most liver diseases do not have cures. Instead, they are managed. However, gallstone disease, hepatitis A,C and infectious mononucleosis is an... View Article
Lupus nephritis is classified as an Orphan disease. This means that the disease affects fewer than 200,000 people. Also Read: Diseases -... View Article
The progress of kidney disease depends on the stage and cause. For instance, studies have shown that patients with type 1 diabetes develop... View Article
Men who are 50 years old and have coronary heart disease is expected to have an average life expectancy of 6.7 years. For women of the same age... View Article
Age plays an important factor in determining the life expectancy of the individual afflicted with stage 1 kidney disease. For instance, studies... View Article
