glycolytic process

Term ID

GO:0006096

Synonyms

• anaerobic glycolysis
• Embden-Meyerhof pathway
• Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway
• glycolysis
• modifed Embden-Meyerhof pathway

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a carbohydrate into pyruvate, with the concomitant production of a small amount of ATP and the reduction of NAD(P) to NAD(P)H. Glycolysis begins with the metabolism of a carbohydrate to generate products that can enter the pathway and ends with the production of pyruvate. Pyruvate may be converted to acetyl-coenzyme A, ethanol, lactate, or other small molecules. (4)

References

• MetaCyc:GLYCOLYSIS-VARIANTS

Ontology

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