define glucolysis?explain its process
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It is a metabolic pathway which converts glucose into private. It is a 10 step pathway .
Glycolysis :-
1. Glycolysis is the first step of oxidation of glucose in aerobic respiration.
2. Process of glycolysis occurs in cytoplasm.
3. A molecule of glucose is oxidized step by step in this process and two molecules of each i. e. pyruvic acid, ATP, NADH2 and water are formed.
4. Molecules of pyruvic acid formed in this process are converted into molecules of Acetyl - Coenzyme-A.
5. Two molecules of NADH2 and two molecules of CO2 are released during this process.
6. After the process of glycolysis, the cyclic chain of reactions begins called as tricarboxylic acid cycle.
1. Process of glycolysis was discovered by three scientists Gustav Embden Otto Meyerhof, and Jacob Parnas along with their colleagues.
2.For this purpose, they performed experiments on muscles.
3. Hence, glycolysis is also called as Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway (EMP Pathway).