Solution:
Main steps in aerobic respiration are as follows
- Glycolysis: Glucose is broken down into pyruvic acid in the cytoplasm (cytosol).
- Pyruvic acid oxidative decarboxylation to acetyl coenzyme-A occurs within the mitochondrial matrix.
- TCA or Krebs cycle takes place in Mitochondrial matrix where pyruvic acid is oxidized to transform the energy contained in these molecules into ATP.
- The ATP synthase complex is involved in the electron transport chain in the mitochondrial membrane.