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What produces 2 atp molecules and pyruvic acid?

What produces 2 atp molecules and pyruvic acid?-example-1
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The equivalent of one ATP is made for each turn of the Krebs cycle. It takes two "turns" of the Krebs cycle to process the pyruvic acid molecules resulting from the glycolysis of one glucose molecule. The potential energy in the pyruvate is transferred to the reduced coenzymes (NADH and FADH2).
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