minus-squarecalmblue75@lemmy.mltoScience Memes@mander.xyz•Can you think of any now?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-225 days ago Cells can’t use the energy from sugar directly. Well, they can, but it’s not very efficient. They produce 4 atp at the cost of 2 atp. The mitochondrion generates 34 atp from pyruvic acid at the cost of 2 atp. linkfedilink
Well, they can, but it’s not very efficient. They produce 4 atp at the cost of 2 atp. The mitochondrion generates 34 atp from pyruvic acid at the cost of 2 atp.