Chapter 22, Problem 22.64AP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The pyruvate cannot be converted to glucose in an exact reverse of the glycolysis pathway has to be explained.

Concept Introduction:

Glycolysis: This is one of biochemical pathway that breakdown a molecules of glucose into two molecules of pyruvate and producing for some energy.

Glycolysis occurs in the cytoplasm and has two major phases.

• Energy investment phase
• Energy payoff phase

Metabolism of pyruvate to lactate:

These processes lactate from pyruvate in an animal organism and in a variety of microorganism in anaerobic conditions.

The conversion of glucose into lactate is called lactic acid formation,

$\begin{array}{l}Enzyme-lactatedehydrogenase.\\ Coenzyme-NADH\end{array}$