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Why do prokaryotes have the potential to make up to 38 ATP per glucose molecule whereas eukaroytes have the potential of only 36 ? Where do the 2 ATP go?

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prokarytes \: make \: more \: atp \\ \: because \: they \: do \: not \: have \\ to \: transport \: their \: \\ manufactured \: atp. \\ \\ eukaroytes \: do \: spend \: part \: of \: \\ their \: manufactured \: atp \: during \: \\ the \: transportation \: of \: these \: atp \\ to \: the \: required \: location.

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