Multiple choice

During which stage in the complete oxidation of glucose are the greatest number of ATP molecules formed from ADP?

  1. Glycolysis

  2. Krebs cycle

  3. Electron transport chain

  4. Conversion of pyruvic acid to acetyl CoA.

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Explanation

 An electron transport chain (ETC) is a series of compounds that transfer electrons from electron donors to electron acceptors via redox reactions, and couples this electron transfer with the transfer of protons (H+ ions) across a membrane. This creates an electrochemical proton gradient that drives the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a molecule that stores energy chemically in the form of highly strained bonds. In most organisms the majority of ATP is generated in electron transport chains.