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Step | coenzyme yield | ATP yield | Source of ATP |
---|---|---|---|
Glycolysis preparatory phase | −2 | Phosphorylation of glucose and fructose 6-phosphate uses two ATP from the cytoplasm. | |
Glycolysis pay-off phase | 4 | Substrate-level phosphorylation | |
2 NADH | 3 or 5 | Oxidative phosphorylation : Each NADH produces net 1.5 ATP (instead of usual 2.5) due to NADH transport over the mitochondrial membrane | |
Oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate | 2 NADH | 5 | Oxidative phosphorylation |
Krebs cycle | 2 | Substrate-level phosphorylation | |
6 NADH | 15 | Oxidative phosphorylation | |
2 FADH2 | 3 | Oxidative phosphorylation | |
Total yield | 30 or 32 ATP |
From the complete oxidation of one glucose molecule to carbon dioxide and oxidation of all the reduced coenzymes. |
Although there is a theoretical yield of 38 ATP molecules per glucose during cellular respiration, such conditions are generally not realized because of losses such as the cost of moving pyruvate (from glycolysis), phosphate, and ADP (substrates for ATP synthesis) into the mitochondria. All are actively transported using carriers that utilize the stored energy in the proton electrochemical gradient.
So ATP will produce after complete oxidation of glucose is 3*32=96. So 96 molecules of ATP will produce after complete oxidation of 3 molecules of glucose.