The Living World 8th Edition by George Johnson

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The production of the vast majority of the ATP molecules within the cells of your body is powered by electrons harvested
A) during pyruvate oxidation.
B) during glycolysis.
C) during the Krebs cycle.
D) during the electron transport chain.
How much less ATP would be generated in the cells of a person who consumed a diet of pyruvate instead of glucose (use one molecule of each for your calculation)?
By the end of oxidative metabolism, all six of the carbon atoms of a glucose molecule are gone. Where did they go?
A) carbon dioxide
B) acetyl CoA
C) pyruvate
D) ATP