A scientist injected some cells with a drug that blocked glycolysis after NADH was formed, but before ATP and pyruvate were form

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A scientist injected some cells with a drug that blocked glycolysis after NADH was formed, but before ATP and pyruvate were form

ed. All the other enzymes used in cellular metabolism were unaffected. How would the production of ATP in the cell be affected?

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Stels [109] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-10T14:16:31+03:00

Answer:

The cell could not make ATP.

Explanation:

Glycolysis may be defined as the process in which a glucose molecule is broken down into the two molecules of the pyruvate. Pyruvate is used to produce energy through various pathways that depends upon the availability of the oxygen. However when the glycolysis in blocked and the pyruvate is not formed, then the cells would not be able to use either the fermentation or aerobic respiration or the perform citric acid cycle. So the cell does not make any ATP.