Chapter 8, Problem 6RQ

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The end product of glycolysis that is composed of three carbon molecule.

Introduction:

The breakdown of glucose is carried out in two major processes: glycolysis and cellular respiration. Glucose breakdown starts in the cytosol of the cell through glycolysis and further proceeds to the cellular respiration in the presence of oxygen.

Summary Introduction

To explain:

The process by which the carbon of pyruvate molecules used in mitochondrial matrix reactions.

Introduction:

Glycolysis starts with six carbon molecule glucose that converts into two molecules of pyruvate at the end of the reactions. The end product of glycolysis is pyruvate in the presence of oxygen or lactate in the absence of oxygen. Pyruvate is a three-carbon molecule.

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The form of energy which is most likely to capture during the Krebs cycle

Introduction:

Cellular respiration always takes place in the presence of oxygen and it generates 17 times as much ATP as the glycolysis does. Cellular respiration breaks down the two pyruvate molecules produced in glycolysis into six carbon dioxide and six molecules of water.