Question

The actual path followed by a glucose molecule in the process of aerobic respiration for production of 36 or 38 ATP would be

• A. Cytoplasm, Mitochondrial matrix, Oxysomes
• B. Cytoplasm, Cytoplasm, F${}_1$ particles
• C. Mitochondrial matrix, F${}_1$ particles, Oxysomes
• D. Mitochondrial matrix, Oxysomes, Cytoplasm

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Cytoplasm, Mitochondrial matrix, Oxysomes

The actual path followed by a glucose molecule in the process of aerobic respiration for the production of 36 or 38 ATP would be cytoplasm, mitochondria and oxysomes. The glycolysis takes place in the cytoplasm which leads to the production of 8 ATP. The next step is the Krebs's cycle which takes place in the mitochondrial matrix and leads to the production of 30 ATP.

Further, the electrons are feed to electron transport system which synthesises the ATP by the enzyme ATP synthase in oxysomes of the mitochondria.

So, the correct answer is option A.