Aerobic Respiration
A series of metabolic reactions that occur in the presence of oxygen whose function is the transfer of energy from glucose to ATP. |
Anaerobic Respiration
Cellular respiration using an electron acceptor other than O2. |
Crabtree Effect
In yeast, the suppression of respiration in the presence of glucose. |
Disaccharide
A simple sugar that consists of two bonded monosaccharides. |
Fermentation.
A series of biochemical reactions required to keep glycolysis going in the absence of oxygen. |
Monosaccharide
A sugar that is one five- or six-carbon unit. |
Polysaccharide
Carbohydrate consisting of hundreds of monosaccharides. |