What happens in glycolysis if oxygen and pyruvic acid are absent and NADH + H+ cannot transfer its “picked-up” hydrogen to pyruvic acid?

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What happens in glycolysis if oxygen and pyruvic acid are absent and NADH + H+ cannot transfer its “picked-up” hydrogen to pyruvic acid?

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Glycolysis is a stage of cellular respiration in which two pyruvate molecules will be formed from a molecule of glucose. During this process, free energies were released and were stored as 2 molecules of ATP and NADH. The preparatory and oxidative phases are the two main phases of glycolysis in that energy will be expended during the preparatory phase, while in an oxidative phase, energy is stored.

The process of glycolysis is very important in that glucose is used as the body's main fuel. The process is also important in that glucose metabolism helps in the production of intermediates that are needed for other metabolic pathways such as amino acids and fatty acid synthesis. One main advantage of glycolysis is the ability to produce ATP molecules at a very fast rate.

 

 

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