Question

Select a suitable name for this process : ${C_6H_{12}O_6 + 2 A D P + 2 P i -> 2C_2H_5OH + 2 ATP + 2CO_2\uparrow }$

• A. Alcoholic fermentation
• B. Photorespiration
• C. Lactate fermentation
• D. Aerobic respiration

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Alcoholic fermentation

Answer 2

Sugar is broken down partially into alcohol and CO2 is evolved.

The above reaction is of alcoholic fermentation. During this process there is a conversion of sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide, in the absence of oxygen. The substrate for this process of glucose and it starts with the process of gl;ycolysis that produces pyruvates. In the absence of oxygen this pyruvate gets converted into ethanol and energy along with CO2 as a by-product.