Just so, is fadh2 produced in glycolysis?
Products of glycolysis + the citric acid cycleGlycolysis produces two molecules of pyruvate for each molecule of glucose. A combination of glycolysis and the citric acid cycle oxidizes glucose to CO2producing ATP and the reduced electron carriers NADH and FADH2.
One may also ask, how many NADH and fadh2 are produced in glycolysis? Since glycolysis of one glucose molecule generates two acetyl CoA molecules, the reactions in the glycolytic pathway and citric acid cycle produce six CO2 molecules, 10 NADH molecules, and two FADH2 molecules per glucose molecule (Table 16-1).
Similarly, you may ask, where is the most ATP produced?
mitochondria
Why is fadh2 formed instead of NADH?
Because one of the reactions in the citric acid cycle is not energetic enough to reduce NAD+ to NADH, but can reduce FAD to FADH2. To capture the energy released by those reactions, they are coupled to reduction of FAD, which requires less energy.”
