In absence of oxygen, pyruvate is converted into lactate in muscle because

Q: What happens to the electrons removed during the oxidation of triose phosphates during glycolysis?

A: The biomolecules are the basic fundamental building blocks of the living system that serves as the…

Q: THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ATP PRODUCED IN GLYCOLYSIS AND THE CITRIC ACID IS

A: * Glycolysis occurs in the cytosol.* The citric acid cycle occurs in mitochondria. It is also known…

Q: Red blood cells (RBCs) lack mitochondria, and are therefore unable to carry out oxidative…

A: To answer this question, we must take into consideration the fact that RBCs lack mitochondria and…

Q: Certain tissues, such as the heart muscle, can use lactate as an energy substrate. How much ATP is…

A: Lactate generated by RBC is used by heart, it is oxidized to carbon di oxide and water, following…

Q: What would be the effect on ATP and NADH production (how many ATP and NADH could be produced from…

A: Pyruvate is a molecule that is produced during glycolysis, the initial stage of cellular…

Q: During periods of prolonged exercise, muscles burn fat released from adipocytes in addition to…

A: When exercise or work is done by animals, there is an expenditure of some compound, which in this…

Q: Individuals with McArdle’s disease often experience a “second wind” resulting from cardiovascular…

A: Cellular respiration is the process by which organisms break down glucose into a form that the cell…

Q: Which enzyme deficiency is most likely to cause glycogen to be full of short, stubby branches…

A: Glycogen is storage form of glucose. Glycogen is composed of alpha-D glucose units held together by…

Q: What is the gross number of ATP molecule produced from one glucose molecule during aerobic…

A: The correct answer is 38 ATP molecules.

Q: ATP is consumed.

A: Answer; A preparatory stage of 10 enzyme catalyzed reaction of glycolysis ATP is ysed early in the…

Q: Where does the break down of pyruvate using oxygen takes place?

A: Pyruvate is a versatile biological molecule, which consist of three carbon atom and two functional…

Q: What is the net ATP produced by glycolysis, the TCA cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation

A: A metabolic pathway is a linked series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell. The reactants,…

Q: Anaerobic glycolysis can produce ATP at a much faster rate than aerobic oxidative phosphorylation.

A: The chemical reactions that occur inside the body and sustain the life processes are together summed…

Q: Pyruvic acid is a product of glycolysis, but it is not the substance that joins with the pickup…

A: CITRIC ACID CYCLE It is a series of chemical reactions used by  aerobic organisms to release stored…

Q: Under aerobic conditions, what happens to the pyruvate molecules formed in glycolysis?

A: Glycolysis is the conversion of six carbon sugar molecule glucose to two molecules of the three…

Q: Unlike a rabbit, running all-out for a few moments to escape a predator, migratory birds require…

A: Acetyl coenzyme A is a key metabolic intermediate that is produced in a variety of methods,…

Q: The disease beriberi, which results from a dietary deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine), is…

A: Macronutrients and micronutrients are two different types of nutrition. Macronutrients include the…

Q: The glycolytic enzyme pyruvate kinase catalyzes the conversion of: 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate into…

A: Glycolysis is a metabolic pathway that converts one molecule of glucose to two molecules of…

Q: How is the malate shuttle used in the liver to increase the number of ATP generated from glycolysis?…

A: Malate aspartate shuttle is used to transfer reducing products with in the mitochondria and…

Q: What is the physiological significance of aerobic cellular respiration?

A: Aerobic respiration is the process in which organisms utilizes oxygen for conversion of  fuels such…

Q: Pyruvate to Lactate number of ATP

A: Pyruvate is diverted to lactate in poorly oxygenated condition of the tissue. Pyruvate is generated…