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HARUN YAHYA
The Energy Power Station in the Cell

Present in the cell is a much more perfect system than those men-
tioned above. The primary source of all energy is the Sun. Plants use
sunlight to make food or, more correctly, they use the energy in sun-
light and store it in the form of nutrients they produce. The human
body breaks down into smaller parts the nutrients it receives from
these plants, and from animals that feed on these plants. These small
molecules, which make up the raw materials of energy production are
oxidized by the cell and taken to the mitochondria, the cell's power

CYTOPLASM GLUCOSE

Energy GLYCOLYSIS
input

2 Pyruvate

MITOCHONDRIA
KREBS
CYCLE

WATER
Electron transport
phosphorylation
OXYGEN

Figure 8.2
Overview of energy production in the cell. In the first step, glucose is broken
down into pyruvic acid, and two ATPs (energy) are released. The pyruvic acid
then enters the Krebs cycle, which generates two more ATPs. The third step of
phosphorylation produces 32 ATPs. Each cell needs to carry out this process in
order to continue its life, and thus, in order for you to survive. To carry out this
process, all of the enzymes need to be present together. The lack of just one
enzyme will cause the system to collapse, and oxygen-normally the source of
life-to oxidize and kill the cell.

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