One molecule glucose makes 30 molecules of ATP. How many molecules of glucose are needed to make 600 molecules of ATP in aerobic respiration?
1 Answer
Sep 5, 2016
When 1 glucose yields 30 ATP, 20 glucose would yield 600 ATP.
Explanation:
It is stated that 30 ATP is produced per molecule glucose. If that is true, then:
But actually aerobic respiration has a net yield of about 36 ATP per glucose molecule (sometime 38 depending on the energy used to transfer molecules in the process).
So actually 1 glucose molecule yields 36 ATP. For 600 ATP you would need 17 glucose molecules :