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Read Glycolysis from Glucose to Pyruvate
Glycolysis is a ten-reaction cytosolic pathway that converts glucose to two pyruvate while making ATP and NADH.
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Count ATP accurately
Two ATP are invested and four are formed by substrate-level phosphorylation, for a net gain of two ATP per glucose. NAD⁺ is reduced during PGAL oxidation; water is released during conversion of 2-phosphoglycerate to PEP.
Track the common route
Fructose enters at fructose-6-phosphate and follows the shared downstream glycolytic steps. Mature red blood cells depend on glycolysis for ATP.
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- ✓Ten enzyme-catalysed steps; no CO₂ release.
- ✓Gross ATP = 4; net ATP = 2 per glucose.
- ✓Two pyruvate form from one glucose.
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Distinguish gross ATP formed from net ATP after the investment phase.
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