A person starts doing exercise. Initially, his muscle cells produce energy efficiently, but after about 1 hour he begins to feel muscle fatigue. What is the expected net ATP produced per glucose molecule in his muscle cells:
→ Initially
→ During fatigue
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There is a net gain of 38 ATP molecules during aerobic respiration of one molecule of glucose. In fermentation there is a net gain of only two molecules of ATP for each molecule of glucose degraded to pyruvic acid whereas many more molecules of ATP are generated under aerobic conditions.
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