Question

During glycolysis, a six-carbon glucose is broken down into two, three-carbon pyruvate molecules. Which molecules provide the energy used to initiate glycolysis?
A. ATP
B. NADH
C. Amylase

Answer 1

Amylase. ATP and NADH are both forms of energy, not molecules.

Answer 2

Answer: ATP

Explanation:

Glycolysis is aerobic catabolic breakdown of glucose which produces energy in the form of ATP which itself enters into citric acid cycle. The six glucose is broken down into two 3 carbon pyruvate molecules. The   two molecules of adenosine triphosphate are used in the phosphorylation of the glucose.

This helps in splitting of the two three carbon molecules. The energy that is required by this process is adenosine tri phosphate.

This energy helps in breaking the bond and making two 3 carbon molecules.