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How is ATP produced by splitting hydrogen ions in chloroplast..,? Atp's chemical formula is this C10 H 16N5O13P3 , then why chloroplast release oxygen as chloroplast will need oxygen to make ATP.? Also how ATP energy is stored in glucose ?

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Cellular respiration is a chemical reaction that releases energy from food. Animals, plants and fungi all carry out respiration. In respiration, oxygen is used to break apart food molecules.
The energy released by this reaction is stored as the chemical ATP. When the cell needs energy, it breaks down ATP (adenosine tri-phosphate) to ADP (adenosine di-phosphate).
Aerobic respiration : uses oxygen. Anaerobic respiration : does not use oxygen.
Aerobic respiration
Glucose + Oxygen produces Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy
C6H12O6 + 6 O2 produces 6 CO2 + 6 H2O.
Energy is stored in the cell as ATP or NADH. Aerobic respiration is divided into three main stages:
Glycolysis, Citric acid cycle and Electron transport chain. Fig 10.14
Glycolysis:
Glucose ( 6 carbon atoms) is split into 2 molecules of pyruvic acid (3 carbons each).
This produces 2 ATP and 2 NADH. Glycolysis takes place in the cytoplasm.
Citric acid cycle
This breaks down the pyruvic acid to carbon dioxide.
This produces 2 ATP and 6 NADH , for every glucose molecule entering glycolysis. The citric acid cycle takes place inside the mitochondria. The citric acid cycle produces the CO2 that you breath out.
Electron transport chain
This stage produces most of the energy ( 32 - 34 ATP molecules, compared to only 2 ATP for glycolysis and 2 ATP for Krebs cycle). Table 10.1. This stage converts the NADH into ATP.
The electron transport chain works as a proton pump: it pumps hydrogen ions (protons) through the membrane, and only allows them back through a protein (ATP synthase) which makes ATP.
The electron transport chain uses oxygen to accept electrons at the end of the chain (the electrons combine with hydrogen ions and oxygen to produce water molecules). The electron transport chain takes place in the mitochondria..

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