glycolysis
noun
gly·col·y·sis
glī-ˈkä-lə-səs 
: the enzymatic breakdown of a carbohydrate (such as glucose) by way of phosphate derivatives with the production of pyruvic or lactic acid and energy stored in high-energy phosphate bonds of ATP
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Tumor cells, in contrast, often use far more inefficient glycolysis, which foregoes oxygen and instead uses additional glucose to yield lesser amounts of ATP.
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David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 1 July 2024
Two modules were especially likely to be disrupted in patients with Alzheimer’s: One included proteins involved in degrading and reprocessing proteins and organelles through processes like autophagy and ubiquitination, while the other was involved in glycolysis, the processing of sugars.
—Rohan Rajeev, STAT, 28 June 2024
Because of the prompt production of ATP in the glycolysis system, the swimmers, especially in short distance competitions, obtain instantaneous force in white fibers of the skeletal muscles.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
When glycolysis occurs in the absence of oxygen, it is known as fermentation.
—James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
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David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 1 July 2024
Two modules were especially likely to be disrupted in patients with Alzheimer’s: One included proteins involved in degrading and reprocessing proteins and organelles through processes like autophagy and ubiquitination, while the other was involved in glycolysis, the processing of sugars.
—Rohan Rajeev, STAT, 28 June 2024
Because of the prompt production of ATP in the glycolysis system, the swimmers, especially in short distance competitions, obtain instantaneous force in white fibers of the skeletal muscles.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
When glycolysis occurs in the absence of oxygen, it is known as fermentation.
—James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
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glycolysis
noun
gly·col·y·sis
glī-ˈkäl-ə-səs
plural glycolyses
-ˌsēz
: the enzymatic breakdown of a carbohydrate (as glucose or glycogen) by way of phosphate derivatives with the production of pyruvic or lactic acid and energy stored in high-energy phosphate bonds of ATP
called also Embden-Meyerhof pathway
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