NADH and FADH2 - Biochemistry

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The coenzymes that are used in the production of ATP via the electron transport train are created during                     .

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The coenzymes being referred to are and . and are used to generate the bulk of ATP at the electron transport chain. These factors are produced in both glycolysis and the Krebs cycle. In glycolysis the conversion of glyceraldehyde to 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate generates two molecules of per molecule of glucose. The conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA is the next reaction that generates . In the Krebs cycle both and are produced. The reactions that produce are: isocitrate to alpha-ketoglutarate, alpha-ketoglutarate to succinyl-CoA, and malate to oxaloacetate.

The lone reaction that produces is the conversion of succinate to fumarate, which is carried out by an enzyme known as succinate dehydrogenase present in the electron transport chain.

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