Cellular Respiration - A Tale Of Glucose Conquest

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T hec i t yofgluc os e,homet ooneoft hewor ldsmos tc ur i ousi nhabi t ant s .

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Oneday ,t hec i t yofgluc os ebegans ep ar at i ngi nt o t wos ep ar at ep ar t s( P y r uvi cac i ds ) .T hi swas beli evedbyt hep r ohp et sofgluc os et obeanac t ofgod.C y t op las m( T hei ns i desoft hec i t y )was begi nni ngt or eac hc haos .

Aboveanyot herbei ng,waslor d oxy gen.T hes up r emer uleroft he ki ngdomofgluc os e.Oneoft he mos tp r os p er ouski ngdomsi nt he wor ld.Us i ngAT Past hei rmai n c ur r enc y( Equi valentt oGold) .


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Af t ert hec i t ywasi nc omp let ec haos ,t he i nvadi nggr oupt hats ai ledt hr oughwat erus i ng t hei rs hi p s( C ar r i ermolec ules )and f i nally landedont hes hor esofgluc os eands hor t ly af t er war dsmovedt ot hec i t y( ki net i cener gy ) us edami li t ar ys t r at egyC alled“ t heKr ebsc y c le” t odes t r oybot hp ar t soft henowdi vi dedc i t y . Whi ls tt heydi dt hi s ,t heyt ookadvant ageand dec i dedt or ans ac kgold( at p ) ,S i lver ,andot her j ewler y( ADP+P ) .T hekr ebsdec i det of i ni s hwi t h t hewholec i t y ,andt her ef or eus edt hei rmi li t ar y s t r at egyoneac hmai nt emp leofeac hp ar toft he c i t y( Mat r i xoft hemi t oc hondr i a) . Ast hec i t ybur ns( t her malener gy ) ,avas t amountofs moke( c ar bondi oxi de)c omesout .All oft her i c hes( p ot ent i alener gy )t hatgluc os e had,wer enowgone.

Af t ert hebloods hedt hat occur edwhent hei nvadi ng gr oupus edt hei rmi li t ar y s t r at egy .T heyp r oceeded t odot hes amet hi ngi ns i de t hemai nchamber soft he t emp les( I nnermembr ane oft hemi t ochondr i a) . T hr ought hewallsoft he mai nt emp le( cr i s t ae)of eachp ar toft hec i t y ( p y r uvi cAci d)wher eall oft hep r i es t s( hy dr ogen) r es i ded.

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However ,notallwaslos t .Whi let her ewass t i ll gr i efandf ami ne.T her ewer eals ogr oup sofp eop le whof oundhop e.T hes ep eop lewouldbet heones whowouldevent uallyc r eat enewc i t i esandbec ome leader s .However ,i ft heywer et ogetany wher e, t heywouldneedt os t ar tof fwi t haloanofgold ( AT P ) .

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Af t ert heconques t ,bot hp ar t soft heci t y( Glucos e/ p y r uvi caci ds ) deci dedt obecomei ndep endentci t i es( s mallglucos es ) .Oneoft he t wonewci t i esdeci dedt onamei t s elf“ lakt i kaxi d”( Lact i cAci d) ,and t heot her“ et y lalkool”( Et hy lalchohol) . However ,s i nceoneoft het woci t i es( lact i caci d)wasmor e des t r oy edt hant heot her .I tf oundi t s elfi nap r edi cament .I tneeded t ogai nali t t lebi tofgold( AT P )t obeablet of unct i onp r op er ly . Af t erawhi le,ever y t hi ngs eemedt obes hap i ngupp r op er lyonce mor e.buts adly ,i twasnots o.T hei nvadi nggr oupcamebackand des t r oy edbot hci t i esoncemor ewi t hmor et r oop sandbackup( NAD+ &NADH) . Oncet heyhads ucces s f ullydes t r oy edt heci t i es ,t hei nvadi nggr oup t ookwhat everamoundofgold( AT P )i tcouldf i nd. However ,ever ynowandt hent hewholeki ngdomcomest oget herand r ef or ms .Butt hes ames t or yalway soccur s .T heki ngdomget s s ep ar at edi nt ot wodi f f er entci t i es ,andt hent heci t i esgetdes t r oy ed. Wecanonlyhop et hatoneday ,glucos ewi llp r evai lAp er f ect cr i mef r eeci vi li z at i on.Butf ornow,wear elef twi t hhop es .


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