Glycolysis

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What is the net ATP yield from glycolysis?

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2 ATP

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What type of respiration occurs when oxygen is present during glycolysis?

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Aerobic respiration

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What molecule does glycolysis begin with?

Back

Glucose

Front

How many ATP are invested at the beginning of glycolysis?

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2 ATP

Front

Where does glycolysis take place in the cell?

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Cytoplasm

Front

What are the end products of glycolysis?

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2 pyruvate, 2 ATP, and 2 NADH

Front

What is the role of NAD+ in glycolysis?

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NAD+ acts as an electron carrier, being reduced to NADH.

Front

What is the first step of glycolysis?

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The phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate.

Front

What enzyme catalyzes the conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate?

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Hexokinase.

Front

What is substrate-level phosphorylation?

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A process of generating ATP by directly transferring a phosphate group to ADP from a phosphorylated intermediate.