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Editor · #1

a) Is the breakdown of the 3 carbon compound glucose to pyruvate
b) occurs within the mitochondria
c) requires oxygen for the process to occur
d) yields 2 moles of ATP per mmol of glucose
e) occurs in red blood cells

Editor · #2

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Glycolysis is the breakdown of the 6 carbon compound glucose to yield two three carbon compound s in the form of pyruvate. This process involves 10 separate reactions and occurs in the cytoplasm. Oxygen is not consumed and carbon dioxide is not produced in Glycolysis. Pyruvate under aerobic conditions is then taken into the mitochondria where it enters the TCA cycle.
During Glycolysis 2 moles of ATP are produced per mole of glucose metabolised. Glyolysis occurs in both nucleated and anucleate cells.

andrewsdavid · #3

mark wrote:

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Glycolysis is the breakdown of the 6 carbon compound glucose to yield two three carbon compound s in the form of pyruvate. This process involves 10 separate reactions and occurs in the cytoplasm. Oxygen is not consumed and carbon dioxide is not produced in Glycolysis. Pyruvate under aerobic conditions is then taken into the mitochondria where it enters the TCA cycle.
During Glycolysis 2 moles of ATP are produced per mole of glucose metabolised. Glyolysis occurs in both nucleated and anucleate cells.

Correction:
Glycolysis prduces 2 moles of ATP if anaerobically, aerobically produces 38 moles of ATP

#4

Andrew

From my understanding 2 moles of ATP are produced from a mole of glucose via the glycolytic pathway. This pathway occurs in the cytoplasm and doesn\'t need oxygen in order to occur. Therefore under aerobic or anaerobic conditions this process will occur.The glycolytic pathway will therefore always produce 2 moles of ATP per mole of glucose metabolism.

However under normal aerobic conditions the glycolytic pathway endproduct acetyl co enzyme A is able to enter the very efficient mitochondrial crebs (TCA) cycle. Here a further 36 moles of ATP are produced from the metabolites of the initial mole of glucose.

This krebs cycle process cannot occur under anaerobic conditions, therfore limiting the process to just the 2 moles of ATP that were produced during the preceeding glycolytic pathway.

Altrernative information on the subject can be found on the following web pages.

http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/tca-cycle.html

regards
mark