Question

The ATP that is generated in glycolysis is produced by substrate-level phosphorylation, a very different mechanism than the one used to produce ATP during oxidative phosphorylation. Phosphorylation reactions involve the addition of a phosphate group to another molecule.Sort the statements into the appropriate bin depending on whether or not they correctly describe some aspect of substrate-level phosphorylation in glycolysis.

Answer 1

Substrate level phosphorylation is a specific type of phosphorylation in which ATP or Adenosine triphosphate molecule is formed without the involvement of oxidative phosphorylation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Glycolysis can be defined as a part of aerobic respiration occurring in cytosol which deals with the conversion or catabolism of glucose to pyruvate.

During glycolysis the conversion of 1,3 bisphophoglycerate to 3 phospho glycerate by the catalytic activity of phosphoglycerate kinase is known as substrate level phosphorylation.

During this biochemical step of substrate level phosphorylation the phosphate grou from the C1 atom of 1,3 bis phosphoglycerate is relased and the released phosphate group is acquired by ADP resulting in the formation of energy rich compound also known as ATP.