What would happen to the ATP yield of cellular respiration if: a) the transporter that imports pyruvate into the mitochondria stopped working? b) the transporter that imports pyruvate into the mitochondria worked only at 10% of its normal capacity? c) the inner membrane of the mitochondria became affected by an antibiotic that prevented the build-up of a proton gradient. d) ATP synthase started to make one ATP per proton. For each of these scenarios, explain the effect on ATP production for all three phases of glucose breakdown.
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