Where in the mitochondria and chloroplast do the ATP molecules collect after being made by ATP synthases, and what is the advantage of this?
ATP synthesized in mitochondria and chloroplast is exported through the inner mitochondrial membrane into the cytosol or the cytoplasm.
In the cytoplasm this ATP is used up for the process of glycolysis, the 1st step of respiration. To convert glucose to glucose-6-phosphate and Fructose 6 phosphate to fructose 1,6 bisphosphate, a total of two ATP are required which breaks down to form ADP+pi. This ADP molecules then travel back into mitochondria for carrying out citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation.
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