Following the Citric Acid Cycle but Before the Electron Transport

question 55

Essay

Following the citric acid cycle but before the electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation, how much potential energy has been transferred to the bonds of ATP (at 7.3 kcal/mol)? the bonds of NADH (at 53 kcal/mol)? If glucose oxidation to CO₂ and H₂O has a G of 676 kcal/mol, what proportion of potential energy has been captured? Where would you predict the remaining potential energy has gone?

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