Question

Phosphate groups are added after the glucose molecule splits. An oxidation reduction reaction must take place for this to happen. One molecule is oxidized (and oxygen is added a phosphate) while another molecule is reduced. What is the name of the reduced molecule?

Answer 1

Answer: Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD+) is reduced to NADH.

This oxidation-reduction takes place in the Step 6, of glycolysis pathway; when Phosphorylates Glyceraldehyde-3-Phospahte(GAP) was oxidized by NAD+( thus reduced to NADH) and phosphorylated by enzyme Glyceraldehyde-3-phophate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) to form 1-3- bisphosphoglycerate(an intermediate in pyruvate formation).

The mechanism involves oxidation of GAP(removal of hydrogen (dehydrogenation) and the pick up of the released hydrogen atom by co- enzyme NAD+( the oxidizing agent) which undergoes reduction to form NADH.

The next reaction is phosphorylation (addition of phosphate atom ) of the oxidized GAP so that it is released by enzyme GAPH to from 1-3- bisphosphoglycerate, NADH, and H .

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