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During glycolysis, a six-carbon glucose reacts with oxygen to produce two three-carbon pyruvate molecules. Which molecule provides the energy used to initiate (start) glycolysis?

Question 7 options:

a.NADH


b.Amylase


c.ATP

User Xerri
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I believe it is ATP.
User Kevin Low
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The answer here is ATP.

ATP is used in the first step of glycolysis to convert glucose into glucose-6-phosphate (that's where the phosphate comes from).
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