Essential Cell Biology, 4th Edition

by Alberts, Bruce; Bray, Dennis; Hopkin, Karen; Johnson, Alexander D,; Lewis, Julian; Raff, Martin; Roberts, Keith; Walter, Peter

Published by Garland Science

ISBN 10: 0815344546

ISBN 13: 978-0-81534-454-4

Chapter 3 - Energy, Catalysis, and Biosynthesis - Questions - Page 118: Question 3-14 B

Answer

$52.5\%$

Work Step by Step

Respiration produces 30 moles of ATP from 1 mole of glucose. Comparing this number with the answer in part (a): Efficiency of ATP production from glucose = (ATP produced / Maximum ATP possible) × 100 Efficiency of ATP production = (30 moles / 57.17 moles) × 100 ≈ 52.5%

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