Question: what are the 2 steps of cellular respiration?
Answer: Glycolysis. Six-carbon glucose is converted into two pyruvates (three carbons each). ...  Pyruvate oxidation. Pyruvate travels into the mitochondrial matrix and is converted to a two-carbon molecule bound to coenzyme A, called acetyl CoA. ...  Citric acid cycle. ...  Oxidative phosphorylation.