respiration Flashcards
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what is the first stage of respiration and its overall products?
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glycolysis: (cytoplasm, oxygen isn’t required, substrate=glucose) glucose is activated and broken by ATP into 2 3C pyruvate. each pyruvate reduces NAD to NADH with dehydrogenase, phosphorylation of ADP to ATP, oxygen is not required
- 4 ATP (2 net), 2 NADH, 2 pyruvate
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