How to Use glycolysis in a Sentence

glycolysis

noun

• The process of loading the electrons into the trucks is called glycolysis.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
• And once inside, the sugar is broken down by enzymes in a process called glycolysis.
  — Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2023
• There is also glycolysis, in which glucose is broken down to produce energy.
  — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2018
• When glycolysis occurs in the absence of oxygen, it is known as fermentation.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
• As a by-product, anaerobic glycolysis creates lactic acid, which can accumulate and become toxic.
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 13 May 2026
• White muscles use a process called glycolysis, which requires carbohydrates to create ATP.
  — Joshua Selsby, CNN, 27 Nov. 2019
• The role of glycolysis is to acidify the curd or cheese, which produces many downstream effects including the regulation of flavor, texture, and melting point of the cheese.
  — Ashton Yoon, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2017
• To determine the brain metabolism of each person, researchers observed how much sugar was being used during what’s called aerobic glycolysis.
  — Megan Schmidt, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2019
• Still, ramping up glycolysis enough to rival mitochondria’s usual ATP output would take a lot more sugar.
  — Quanta Magazine, 21 Dec. 2020
• The reptile retinas had normal oxygen levels and no indication of anaerobic glycolysis.
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 13 May 2026
• This discovery also caused a reinterpretation of the fact that cancer cells grow primarily by what’s called aerobic glycolysis.
  — Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2022
• By switching to aerobic glycolysis for energy, cancer cells free up their mitochondria for other purposes.
  — Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2022
• When normal cells are short on oxygen, the mitochondrial turbines slow; anaerobic glycolysis, or fermentation, takes over.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
• Low oxygen levels, or hypoxia, lead to new blood vessel formation, blood cell formation, or glycolysis (anaerobic fermentation).
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2019
• To trace the paths of nutrients, Damsgaard and his team worked with cancer scientists who are experts on oxygen-free metabolism (tumor cells often use anaerobic glycolysis to make energy).
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 13 May 2026
• The three primary reactions that define cheese ripening are glycolysis, proteolysis, and lipolysis.
  — Ashton Yoon, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2017
• Meyer and Balk’s collaboration found that the plants do produce more proteins for use in glycolysis, an inefficient method of splitting apart sugars to make ATP that’s found in all cells.
  — Quanta Magazine, 21 Dec. 2020
• Alkaline solutions led to the creation of pentose phosphate, an initial step in the production of amino acids, while neutral pH levels stimulated glycolysis, part of the process that forms ATP.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2016
• 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
• Metabolism refers to the sets of chemical reactions — including the Krebs cycle, glycolysis, the urea cycle and many other processes — that are catalyzed by cellular enzymes and that convert one molecule into another in cells.
  — Allison Parshall, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
• Phosphorylation, or the addition of a phosphate group, is a biochemical reaction that regulates proteins, playing a critical role in glycolysis and other activities essential to maintaining a healthy cellular metabolism.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
• Metformin curtails oxidative phosphorylation, whereas 2DG squelches glycolysis.
  — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 29 Mar. 2018