Which is true about the end products of glycolysis?
- $2\,pyruvic \,acid+2ATP+{2NADH} _{2}$
- $2\,pyruvic \,acid+{2NADH} _{2}$
- $1\,pyruvic \,acid+2ATP+{2NADH} _{2}$
- $2\,pyruvic \,acid+1ATP+{1NADH} _{2}$
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Explanation
In glycolysis, two molecules of ATP are consumed during two phosphorylation reactions to form fructose 1, 6-biphosphate. In return, four molecules of ATP are produced by substrate-level phosphorylation (conversion of 1, 3-biphosphoglycerate to 3-phosphoglycerate and phosphoenolpyruvate to pyruvate). Two molecules of ${NADH} _{2}$ are formed at the time of oxidation of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate to 1, 3-biphosphoglycerate. The net reaction of glycolysis is as follows:
$Glucose+{2NAD}^{+}+2ADP+{2H} _{3}{PO} _{4}\rightarrow2Pyruvate+2NADH+{2H}^{+}+2ATP$
Each NADH is equivalent to 3 ATP, so the net gain in glycolysis is 8 ATP.
So the correct answer is '$2\,pyruvic \,acid+2ATP+{2NADH} _{2}$'.