Glycolysis Biology for Majors I

glycolysis  Glycolysis is the metabolic process that serves as the foundation for both aerobic and anaerobic cellular respiration Although it doesn't require oxygen (its Glycolysis is a series of reactions happening in the cytosol that results in the conversion of a monosaccharide, often glucose, into pyruvate,

Glycolysis consists of two distinct phases The first part of the glycolysis pathway traps the glucose molecule in the cell and uses energy to The first step of this tightly regulated and intricate process is glycolysis The word glycolysis originates from the Latin glyco and lysis

Glycolysis occurs in both aerobic and anaerobic states In aerobic conditions, pyruvate enters the citric acid cycle and undergoes oxidative phosphorylation Steps of Glycolysis · Step 1: Phosphorylation of Glucose · 1 Glucose enters the cytoplasm · 2 Glucose is phosphorylated to hexose-1,6-biphosphate · 2 ATP