Why Is Glycolysis Considered to Be One of the First

question 66

Multiple Choice

Why is glycolysis considered to be one of the first metabolic pathways to have evolved?

• A) It produces much less ATP than does oxidative phosphorylation.
• B) It does not involve organelles or specialized structures, does not require oxygen, and is present in most organisms.
• C) It is found in prokaryotic cells but not in eukaryotic cells.
• D) It relies on chemiosmosis, which is a metabolic mechanism present only in the first cells' prokaryotic cells.
• E) It requires the presence of membrane-enclosed cell organelles found only in eukaryotic cells.

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