Multiple choice

Net ATP formed during oxidation of glucose molecule in aerobic prokaryotes is

  1. 36 ATP

  2. 40 ATP

  3. 38 ATP

  4. 34 ATP
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Explanation

 In prokaryotic cell during glycolysis, 2 ATP is consumed and 4 ATP and 2 NADH is produced from each glucose, and each NADH produces 3 ATP, thus a total of 4 + 6 ATP = 10 ATP and net production of 10 - 2 ATP = 8 ATP  is produced, and 30 ATP in kerb cycle and pyruvic acid oxidation, thus net production of 30+8 =38 ATP occurs. 

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