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A single molecule of glucose entering from the blood into a cell passes through glycolysis and then into the citric acid cycle. How many ATP/GTP molecules net are formed from substrate level phosphorylation of the single molecule of glucose?Select one alternative:104about 322

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A single molecule of glucose entering from the blood into a cell passes through glycolysis and then into the citric acid cycle. How many ATP/GTP molecules net are formed from substrate level phosphorylation of the single molecule of glucose?Select one alternative:104about 322

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The net ATP/GTP molecules formed from substrate level phosphorylation of a single molecule of glucose through glycolysis and the citric acid cycle is 4.

Here's the step by step process:

  1. Glycolysis: This process converts glucose into pyruvate, yielding 2 ATP molecules.

  2. Citric Acid Cycle (also known as Krebs Cycle or TCA Cycle): Each glucose molecule produces 2 pyruvate molecules. Each pyruvate molecule enters the citric acid cycle separately, yielding 1 ATP (or GTP, in some organisms) per cycle. Since two cycles occur per glucose molecule, this results in 2 ATP molecules.

So, the total net ATP/GTP yield from substrate level phosphorylation from one glucose molecule is 2 (from glycolysis) + 2 (from the citric acid cycle) = 4 ATP/GTP molecules.

Therefore, the correct answer is not 10, about 32, but 4.

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