Imagine that a lactate produced in a muscle cell enters the matrix of a mitochon
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Question
Imagine that a lactate produced in a muscle cell enters the matrix of a mitochondrion via a transporter instead of leaving the cell and traveling to the liver to serve as a gluconeogenic precursor. Imagine further that once in the mitochondrial matrix of the muscle cell the lactate is oxidized by a nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide-dependent enzyme. How many ATPs could ultimately be made from this process if all the relevant mitochondrial machinery was put to use to make the maximum possible ATPs? Count any GTPs as ATPs.
Explanation / Answer
Lactate comes from pyruvate through glycolysis.and it is formed during anaerobic condition.and net gain of ATP is 2