Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Respiration

Respiration — practice question

The Krebs cycle takes its name from the biochemist Sir Hans Krebs, who established the sequence in 1937. Fig. 1.1 provides a simplified outline of the Krebs cycle.
(a)[3]

Identify the substances labelled P-U.

(b)[2]

Describe how ATP is made from ADP in the Krebs cycle.

(c)[4]

Describe and explain the properties of ATP that make it suitable to act as the universal energy currency.

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