If Fermentation Pathways Follow Glycolysis

question 58

Multiple Choice

If fermentation pathways follow glycolysis,

• A) CO₂ will be one of the products as pyruvate is converted to lactate.
• B) the two NADH molecules produced during glycolysis will (depending on the organism) be used to reduce pyruvate to either lactate or ethanol and CO₂.
• C) ATP will be required to convert pyruvate to either lactate or ethanol and CO₂.
• D) oxidative phosphorylation occurs either on the plasma membrane or on derivatives of the plasma membrane.
• E) none of these will occur.

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