METABOLIC PATHWAYS

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METABOLIC PATHWAYSCATABOLIC PATHWAYSAre involved in oxidative breakdown of larger are usually exergonicin natureANABOLIC PATHWAYSAre involved in the synthesis of are usually endergonicin OF PATHWAYS are mostly METABOLIC pathway has a committed first METABOLIC PATHWAYS are PATHWAYS in eukaryotic cells occur in specific cellular comes from a merger of two Greek words: Glykys= sweet Lysis= breakdown/ splittingIt is also known as Embden-Meyerhof-Parnaspathway or EMP GLYCOLYSIS is the sequence of 10 enzyme-catalyzed reactions that converts glucose into pyruvate with simultaneous production on of ATP. In this oxidative process, 1mol of glucose is partially oxidisedto 2 moles of pyruvate.

regulation & in the subsequent metabolic fate of the pyruvate formed. •In aerobic organisms, glycolysis is the prelude to Citric acid cycle and ETC. •Glycolysis is the central pathway for Glucose catabolism.

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