AP BIOLOGY

CELL RESPIRATION

GLYCOLYSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Before the pyruvate that has been generated by glycolysis can be oxidized, it must be transported into a mitochondrion. This is accomplished by: ____
A
Succinyl-CoA
B
Nicotine adenide dinucleotide
C
Coenzyme A
D
Lactic dehydrogenase
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Before the pyruvate that has been generated by glycolysis can be oxidized, it must be transported into a mitochondrion. This is accomplished by: a) Succinyl-CoA.

Detailed explanation-2: -The end product of Glycolysis, pyruvate, is transported into the mitochondrion and converted to a compound called acetyl coenzyme A or acetyl CoA. This conversion of pyruvate to acetyl CoA also results in the transfer of electrons to NAD+, storing energy in the form of NADH.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: In glycolysis, for each molecule of glucose oxidized to pyruvate, C. two molecules of ATP are used and four molecules of ATP are produced.

Detailed explanation-4: -Glycolysis is the process by which glucose is broken down within the cytoplasm of a cell to form pyruvate. Under aerobic conditions, pyruvate can diffuse into mitochondria, where it enters the citric acid cycle and generates reducing equivalents in the form of NADH and FADH2.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first step in glycolysis is catalyzed by hexokinase, an enzyme with broad specificity that catalyzes the phosphorylation of six-carbon sugars. Hexokinase phosphorylates glucose using ATP as the source of the phosphate, producing glucose-6-phosphate, a more reactive form of glucose.

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