Question

Distinguish between the following:

Glycolysis and Citric acid Cycle

Answer 1

Glycolysis	Citric acid Cycle
(1) It is a linear pathway	It is a cyclic pathway
(2) It occurs in the cell cytoplasm	It occurs in the mitochondrial matrix
(3) It occurs in both aerobic & anaerobic respiration	It occurs in aerobic respiration
(4) one glucose molecule breaks down to generate 2 NADH2& 2 ATP molecules	It produces 6 NADH, 2FADH2 and 2 ATP molecules on breakdown of two acetylCoA molecules