Chapter 8, Problem 71TQ

Summary Introduction

To Review:

The production of NADH(reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) and NADPH(reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate)duringglycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway, respectively.

Introduction:

Glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway both are the biochemical reactions where glucose breaks down. In glycolysis, glucose isbroken downto pyruvate and NADH along with twomolecules of ATP (adenosine triphosphate). On the hand, in pentose phosphate pathwa, yADPHis produced along with ribose-5-phosphate, which is essential for nucleotide and nucleic acid synthesis.