Using the TOTAL carbohydrate per one serving, please calculate the number of ATP

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Using the TOTAL carbohydrate per one serving, please calculate the number of ATP molecules that canbe synthesized from 1 serving’s worth of total carbohydrates. Once you calculated the number of ATPmolecules for 1 serving, you can then calculate the TOTAL serving you usually consumed. For example, Nutritional facts usually show the amount of carbohydrates per 1 serving…but theserving size for the product can be worth 2x servings up to 5 servings. Use the molecular weight of180.00daltons or 180 grams/mole Remember NADH = 2.5 ATP molecules and FADH2 1.5 ATP moleculesPlease show all your work.

Explanation / Answer

one molecule of glucose gives 36 ATP molecules. the molecular weight of total carbohydrates to be 180.0daltons or 180 grams/mole, let us assume using the total carbohydrate per one serving is 15 grams

if you see 38 ATP's produced that because getting 3 ATP for every molecule of NADH and 2 molecules for FADH2 i.e 2NADH produced in glycolysis+8NADH produced in krebs cycle+2FADH2+2ATP produced in krebs cycle+2ATP produced in glycolysis = 6+24+4+2+2=38 ATP.

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