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Glycolysis is a metabolic pathway that occurs in the cytoplasm of cells and is the first step in the breakdown of glucose to produce energy. It is a series of ten enzymatic reactions that convert one molecule of glucose into two molecules of pyruvate, two molecules of ATP, two molecules of NADH, and two molecules of water. The pathway is highly conserved across all living organisms, from bacteria to humans.
The process begins with the phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, catalyzed by hexokinase. This step is
The pathway then proceeds through a series of steps that convert fructose-1,6-bisphosphate into two molecules of
The final steps of glycolysis involve the phosphorylation of 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate to 3-phosphoglycerate, catalyzed by phosphoglycerate kinase.
Glycolysis is a highly efficient pathway for the production of ATP, and is used by all cells