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Cellular respiration occurs in a series of steps. If pyruvate enters the mitochondrion, how much total energy can we assume will be produced?.

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Biology textbooks often state that 38 ATP molecules can be made per oxidized glucose molecule during cellular respiration (2 from glycolysis, 2 from the Krebs cycle, and about 34 from the electron transport system).
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