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Adenosine triphosphate molecules are the energy currency of the cell. There are different pathways through which they are produced. The pathway common to all organisms, is glycolysis which ends with production of pyruvate. The pyruvate has three fates. In aerobic organisms, i.e. in presence of oxygen, pyruvate is converted to acetyl CoA which enters the citric acid cycle or tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle or Krebs cycle which produce NADH and FADH2 molecules. These molecules enter the electron transport chain to generate the ATP molecules. In anaerobic organisms, muscles and tumour cells, i.e. in absence of oxygen, pyruvate is converted into lactic acid or ethanol, by fermentation process. Fermentation process produces ATP.
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