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The first of the two ATP molecules used in glycolysis is in the phosphorylation of free glucose by hexokinase in a cell. It does this to add a negative charge in order to keep the glucose molecules inside the cell regardless of the outside concentrations.

The second ATP molecule is consumed in the third step of glycolysis, in the phosphorylation of fructose-6-phosphate to fructose-1,6-biphosphate by the enzyme phosphofructokinase. This is generally considered the most important rate-determining step of glycolysis and is essentially irreversible under metabolic conditions.

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Becaose they provide the activation energy necessary to start and are already present from the previous oxydiation of a different glucose molecule.., wuzzup

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What chemical does it start with in anaerobic respiration?

aerobic respiration


Explain how cells obtain energy from cellular respiration?

Cellular respiration is a process that releases chemical energy from sugars and other carbon based molecules to make ATP when oxygen is present. It takes place in the mitochondria. :) -Biology Textbook


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What molecule does cellular respiration start with?

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I can give you five similarities :) (please excuse my spelling, dyslexic)Both processes realease energyBoth start with a breakdown of nutrientBoth yield productsboth take place in a cellBoth involve PyruvatesHope this helped! :D


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