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MCAT - Glycolysis Questions with Detailed Verified
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Glycolysis
Ans: Metabolic pathway in which you break down glucose into 2 molecules
of pyruvate
Step 1 (REGULATED STEP)
Ans: Glucose + ATP ---> Glucose-6-Phospate (G-6-P) + ADP + H
Enzyme: Hexokinase
* 1 molecule of ATP has been consumed
Step 2
Ans: G-6-P ----> Fructose-6-Phospate (F-6-P)
Enzyme : Phosphoglucose isomerase
Step 3 (REGULATED STEP)
Ans: F-6-P + ATP -----> F-1,6-Bisphosphate + ADP + H
Enzyme: Phosphofructokinase (PFK-1)
* Second molecule of ATP provides phosphate group that is added to the F-
6-P molecule
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