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How many ATP molecules could maximally be generated from one mole of glucose, if the complete oxidation of one mole of glucose to CO2 and H2O yields 686 kcal and the useful chemical energy in a phosphate bond of one mole of ATP is 12 kcal?

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1
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2
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30
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57
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Solution

The correct option is D 57
1ATP = 12 K cal.
? = 686 K. cal. 68612=57.16

Therefore the amount of ATP produced per mole of glucose is 57.16 moles.



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