Question

After passing through pyruvate dehydrogenase and the citric acid cycle, one mole of pyruvate will result in the formation of ________ moles of carbon dioxide and ________ mole(s) of ATP (or GTP).

Answer 1

The answer to be filled in the respective blanks in question is

3 and 1

Step-by-step explanation:

So, we know that the formation of cabon-dioxide mole and that of Adenosin-Tri-Phosphate (ATP) moles will be in the ratio of 3:1 i.e., three carbon-di-oxide moles and 1 ATP mole.

Therefore, we can say that one pyruvate mole when passed through citric acid cycle and pyruvate dehydrogenase yields carbon-di-oxide and ATP moles in the ratio 3:1