Which of the following pathways and reactions will result in the production of the most ATP molecules during aerobic cellular respiration of one glucose molecule?

glycolysis

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transition reaction

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Krebs cycle

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electron transport system

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electron transport system
2 ATP are made from Glycolysis, 2 ATP from the Citric acid cycle, and 34 ATP from Oxidative phosphorylation/electron transport.This is where FADH, NADPH2, and GTP get converted into ATP.

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