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biological use of glucose

In life: ATP
Aerobic oxidation of glucose requires an additional 60 enzyme-catalyzed steps. The anaerobic breakdown of glucose uses enzymes suspended freely in solution in the cells. The aerobic steps occur on enzymes localized in mitochondria, the “power packs” of cells where oxygen gas is used to make…
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respiration in protozoans

In protozoan: Aerobic protozoans
…their respiration is based on oxidation (with molecular oxygen, O₂) of the six-carbon glucose molecule, resulting in the formation of carbon dioxide molecules and water. In protozoans and eukaryotes in general, metabolism and respiration occur stepwise via three specific pathways: the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway (glycolysis), the tricarboxylic acid cycle (also known…
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