When a person eats a meal, some of the sugars in the meal will be broken down into glucose. Glucose can be converted into energy by may different cycles. ATP is the molecule that creates energy in our bodies. The first cycle that glucose will enter is the glycolysis cycle. In this cycle glucose is converted in pyruvate, also during this cycle two ATPs are made. Glycolysis also makes two NADH+ molecules which will be made into ATP in the electron transport chain. Glucose is the starting factor of making 32 ATPs when it have officially completed all the cycles. Therefore, glucose plays an important role when it comes to energy production.
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