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during which stage of cellular respiration is glucose broken down into two molecules of pyruvic acid?
electron transport chain
glycolysis
krebs cycle
acetyl coa formation
Glycolysis is the first stage of cellular respiration. In this process, one molecule of glucose (a 6 - carbon sugar) is broken down into two molecules of pyruvic acid (a 3 - carbon compound). The electron transport chain is mainly involved in generating a large amount of ATP through the transfer of electrons. The Krebs cycle (citric acid cycle) further oxidizes acetyl - CoA. Acetyl - CoA formation is a step that links glycolysis to the Krebs cycle, where pyruvic acid is converted to acetyl - CoA.
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