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Keto-enol tautomerization is an important mechanism in glycolysis. How many mole

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Question

Keto-enol tautomerization is an important mechanism in glycolysis.

How many molecules of ATP are used in the reaction, and how many are directly made?

Two are used to phosphorylate the glucose, and two are directly made, one from 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate and one from phosphoenolpyruvate. Two are used to phosphorylate the glucose, two are used to phosphorylate glycerol-3-phosphate in step Gly-6, and four are directly made from 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate and phosphoenolpyruvate. Two are used to phosphorylate the glucose, and four are directly made from 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate and phosphoenolpyruvate. Two are used to phosphorylate the glucose, four are directly made from 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate and phosphoenolpyruvate, and six are made from the two NADH molecules generated in glycolysis.

Explanation / Answer

Keto-enol tautomerization is an important mechanism of glycolysis that involves in the protonation of a keto group

(-c=o) and transfer of electron from carbonyl ketone double bond between c=o to oxygen to form hydroxyl group (-ol form)

Two molecules of ATP are used in the reaction of glucose phosphorylation and four ATP molecules are directly made from 1,3-biphosphoglycerate and phosphoenolpyruvate.