How do prokaryotic cells convert energy?
Prokaryotic cells still undergo cellular respiration which converts glucose into usable energy. In a eukaryotic cell, cells undergo cellular respiration in 3 steps: Glycolosis, the Kreb’s Cycle, and the Electron Transport Chain. Glycolosis occurs in the cytoplasm while the other 2 steps occur in the mitochondria. A prokaryotic cell does not have mitochondria so the last two steps do not occur but it does have cytoplasm so gylcolosis does happen and that’s where the energy conversion happens.
