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Yes. Glucose is broken down into two pyruvates (which have three carbons as opposed to six found in glucose) during the process glycolysis.

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How many pyruvates are created from the complete glycolysis of one molecule of glucose?

Correct answer: 2


What does glycolysis breakdown?

Metabolic pathway that converts glucose into pyruvate and a small amount of ATP anaerobicly


Which part of cellular respiration breaks down glucose into pyruvates?

This part of cellular respiration is called Glycolysis.


What is the name of the compound glucose is convertes into in the first phase of cellular respiration?

In the first phase, commonly referred to as glycolysis, 1 glucose molecule is converted into 2 pyruvates.


What is created by a reaction of ATP and glucose?

A process that involves the usage of ATP and glucose is glycolysis, which produces 2 pyruvates, 2 net ATP and 2 NADH molecules.


How many pyruvates would 3 molecules of glucose produce?

Each glucose molecule produces 2 pyruvate molecules so 3 glucose will make 3*2=6 pyruvate molecules.


What is the role of gycolysis in the breakdown of glucose?

The term glycolysis actually means the breakdown of glucose. What is needed is oxygen for an aerobic respiration.


Glycolysis is the breakdown of what organic molecule?

....conversion of glucose to pyruvate.


What is the chemical breakdown of glucose?

C6h12o6


What is the name of the short chains of glucose units that result from starch breakdown?

What is the name of the short chains of glucose units that result from starch breakdown?


What happens to a six carbon molecule of glucose during glycolysis?

enzyme-assisted anaerobic process that breaks down one six-carbon molecule of glucose to two three-carbon pyruvates


What is Glycolytic action?

it refers to the breakdown of glucose

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