Question

the breakdown of glucose into pyruvate takes place in

Answer 1

The breakdown of glucose into pyruvate takes place in the mitochondria.


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Answer 2

During glycolysis, glucose is broken down in ten steps to two molecules of pyruvate, which then enters the mitochondria where it is oxidised through the tricarboxylic acid cycle to carbon dioxide and water. Glycolysiscan be split into two phases, both of which occur in the cytosol.