Question

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Calculate the energy yield of glycolysis and complete glucose breakdown. Distinguish between substrate level phosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation.

Answer 1

• The diagram shows the energy yield of glycolysis and complete glucose breakdown.
  
• Substrate level phosphorylation is the formation of ATP by the conversion of substrates and is oxygen independent.
  
• In oxidative phosphorylation, the oxidation of NADH and FADH${}_2$ drives the electron transport chain and the electron is accepted by the oxygen molecule and is reduced. The hydrogen gradient is used to synthesise ATP.