Cellular respiration involves the breakdown of glucose in the presence or absence of oxygen to produce ATP. In aerobic respiration, glucose undergoes glycolysis, producing pyruvate, and then the pyruvate enters the mitochondria and undergoes the Krebs cycle and electron transport chain to yield much more ATP than anaerobic respiration. The mitochondria are specialized organelles that contain an inner membrane with cristae to increase surface area for ATP production via ATP synthase using a proton gradient generated by the electron transport chain.