Q. Net yield of ATP molecules in aerobic respiration during Krebs’ cycle per glucose molecule is
A) 2 ATP molecules
B) 8 ATP molecules
C) 36 ATP molecules
D) 38 ATP molecules
Explanation
Krebs ’cycle involves 8 steps to oxidize 2 molecules of acetyl Co-A produced in transition reaction completely into 4C$O_{2}$, 10$H_{2}$O, 2ATP, 2FAD$H_{2}$ and 6NADH+H⁺
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