Question

In HMP shunt, number of molecules of CO₂ evolved are ______.

Options

• same as glycolysis

• less than glycolysis

• more than glycolysis

• much less than glycolysis

Answer 1

In HMP shunt, number of molecules of CO₂ evolved are more than glycolysis.

Explanation:

In tissues other than skeletal muscles, a secondary pathway called hexose monophosphate shunt is responsible for the metabolism of glucose. Unlike glycolysis, which does not produce CO₂, this pathway involves the synthesis of five-carbon sugars and the production of NADPH through the release of CO₂ from the cytoplasm outside the mitochondria.