Cellular waste product
Overview
Cellular waste products are formed as a byproduct of cellular respiration
, a series of processes and reactions that generate energy for the cell, in the form of ATP
. Two examples of cellular respiration creating cellular waste products are aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration
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Cellular respiration
Cellular respiration is the set of the metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate , and then release waste products. The reactions involved in respiration are catabolic reactions that involve...
, a series of processes and reactions that generate energy for the cell, in the form of ATP
Adenosine triphosphate
Adenosine-5'-triphosphate is a multifunctional nucleoside triphosphate used in cells as a coenzyme. It is often called the "molecular unit of currency" of intracellular energy transfer. ATP transports chemical energy within cells for metabolism...
. Two examples of cellular respiration creating cellular waste products are aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration
Anaerobic respiration
Anaerobic respiration is a form of respiration using electron acceptors other than oxygen. Although oxygen is not used as the final electron acceptor, the process still uses a respiratory electron transport chain; it is respiration without oxygen...
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