gylcolysis Flashcards
how does all the energy used by living cells come to them?
in the bonds of sugar glucose
what is the first step in the breakdown of glucose?
Glycolysis
what does the breakdown of glucose do
extract energy for cellular metabolism
what do all organism carry out as part of the metabolism?
glycolysis
where does the gylycosis take pace in the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
cytoplasm
what is the first way glycolysis enters heterotrophic cells?
through secondary active transport in which the transport takes place against the glucose concentration gradient
what is the second way glycosis enters heterotrophic cells
by using a grp of integral proteins called glut
What is GLUT
glucose transporter proteins also assist in facilitating the diffusion of glucose.
what does glycolysis begin with?
six carbon ring shaped structure of a single glucose molecule
what does glycolysis end with?
two molecules of three carbon sugar called pyruvate
how many steps are in glycolysis
10
what happens in the second step of glycolysis
energy is extracted from the molecules and stores it in the form of ATP and NADH
what happens in the first part of the glycolysis?
traps the glucose molecule in the cell and uses energy to modify it so that the Six carbon sugar molecule can be split evenly into three carbon molecules.