Class 11 · Respiration in Plants

Pyruvate Transport & Aerobic Respiration — NEET Biology

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For aerobic respiration to take place within the mitochondria, the final product of glycolysis, pyruvate is transported from the cytoplasm into the mitochondria. The crucial events in aerobic respiration are:

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Assertion (A): Aerobic respiration can proceed within mitochondria after glycolysis. Reason (R): Aerobic respiration depends on pyruvate transport from the cytoplasm into the mitochondria.

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