Glycolysis Original Scenario-Based Download PDF

Questions

1. 1.

   In an advanced bio-engineering simulation named Aether-Cell, microscopic nanodrones track the metabolic fate of a single glucose molecule undergoing standard glycolysis in the cytoplasm. The sensors register every phosphorylation, cleavage, and redox reaction across both the energy investment and energy payoff phases. Assuming this catabolic pathway runs to completion without oxygen-dependent mitochondrial respiration, which net collection of products will the nanodrones record from the processing of that single glucose molecule?

   • A) A net gain of 2 ATP, 2 NADH, and 2 molecules of pyruvate
   • B) A net gain of 4 ATP, 2 NADH, and 2 molecules of pyruvate
   • C) A net gain of 2 ATP, 4 NADH, and 1 molecule of pyruvate
   • D) A net gain of 2 ATP, 2 FADH2, and 2 molecules of acetyl-CoA