Chapter 12, Problem 2IA.2Q

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The total number of ATP produced by one glucose (two pyruvate) completing this conversion:

$2\text{Pyruvate}\to 2\text{Acetyl}\text{CoA}+2\text{NADH}$

Introduction:

The glycolysis is the process of series of reactions converting the glucose molecules into two molecules of pyruvate in the presence of oxygen. The pyruvate undergoes series of reactions in the citric acid cycle and converts into Acetyl CoA (acetyl coenzyme A).