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Biology Question on Aerobic Respiration

The number of substrate level phosphorylations in one turn of citric acid cycle is :

A

Zero

B

One

C

Two

D

Three

Answer

One

Explanation

Solution

In one turn of citric acid cycle (Kreb’s cycle),
substrate level phosphorylation occurs at one step
when succinyl CoA is converted into succinic acid.