PHYSIOLOGY
MUSCLE ENERGETICS GLYCOLYSIS
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Question
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After an additional phosphate is added to each PGAL, PGAL is ____ by the loss of 2 H atoms to ____
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Oxidized, NAD
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Oxidized, FAD
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Reduced, NAD
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Reduced, FAD
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Glucose (carbohydrate) is oxidized to carbon dioxide. The acceptor for the electrons is oxygen which is reduced to water.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the conversion of 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde to 1, 3-bisphosphoglycerate, two redox equivalents (i.e., two electrons) are passed onto NAD+ from 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde to form NADH.
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