Glycolytic Pathway

GLYCOLYSIS is the almost universal pathway that converts glucose into pyruvate together with NADH and a little ATP. In aerobic organisms the pyruvate passes into the mitochondria where it is completely oxidised by O₂ into CO₂ and H₂O and its potential energy largely conserved as ATP. In the absence of sufficient oxygen the pyruvate is reduced by the NADH to a wide range of products, especially lactate in animals and ethanol in yeasts.

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Enzymes of Glycolysis

2.7.1.1 - Hexokinase
5.3.1.9 - Glucose-6-Phosphase Isomerase
2.7.1.11 - 6-Phosphofructokinase
4.1.2.13 - Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase
1.2.1.12 - Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
2.7.2.3 - Phosphoglycerate kinase
4.2.1.11 - Phosphopyruvate hydratase (enolase)
2.7.1.40 - Pyruvate kinase
1.1.1.27 - Lactate dehydrogenase