AP BIOLOGY

LABORATORY REVIEW

CELL RESPIRATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The splitting of the glucose molecule is called?
A
synthesis
B
denaturalization
C
glycolysis
D
dissolving
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Glycolysis produces 2 ATP per glucose molecule, and thus provides a direct means of producing energy in the absence of oxygen. This process of breaking down glucose in the absence of oxygen is aptly named anaerobic glycolysis.[1]

Detailed explanation-2: -Glycolysis (gly-KOL-ih-sis), which means “sugar splitting, ” is the name for the metabolic pathway that breaks a 6-carbon glucose molecule into two 3-carbon pyruvate molecules. The glycolysis pathway involves 10 separate protein enzymes, and it is present in most of the body’s cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is glycolysis? Glycolysis is a series of reactions that extract energy from glucose by splitting it into two three-carbon molecules called pyruvates.

Detailed explanation-4: -In glycolysis also known as EMP pathway, glucose undergoes partial oxidation to form two molecules of pyruvic acid. Glycolysis occurs in the cytoplasm of the cell and is present in almost all living organism. In anaerobic organism, it is the only process in respiration.

Detailed explanation-5: -The splitting stage is the second phase in the process of glycolysis. This involves the actual splitting of a molecule of fructose-1, 6-bisphosphate (a 6 carbonmolecule), produced from the Investment Stage of glycolysis, to two 3 carbon molecules.

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