Assume that one molecule of glucose enters glycolysis in a red blood cell, generating two molecules of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphat
e. Both molecules enter the payoff phase. One molecule enters the Rapoport-Luebering shunt, while the other does not. How many net molecules of ATP are produced from this molecule of glucose
The 8 molecules of glycolysis 6 come from NADH, which is the one that carries these molecules by dissociating, giving NAD + H + as a product.
The metabolic pathway of glucose actually generates 38 ATP, but this value would be the sum of 8 from glycolysis, 6 from the pyruvic acid pathway and 24 from the krebs cycle ... These last two pathways are part of cellular respiration .
