Question

One molecule of glucose can yield _____ ATP after glycolysis and aerobic respiration.
2
36
4
none of the above

Answer 1

One molecule of glucose can yield 36 ATP after glycolysis and aerobic respiration.

This question is a bit tricky. Glucose can produce a total of 38 ATP after glycolysis in aerobic respiration but it will need 2 ATP because you need ATP to move NADH to mitochondria so it will yield net amount 36 ATP.
Sometimes, 2 ATP in the preparatory phase is also subtracted resulting in 34 ATP.