Glycolysis
Glycolysis Catabolic reactions serve to capture energy during the degradative pathways in the form of ATP. These pathways are usually oxidative and requires coenzymes such as NAD + . Three stages in catabolism · Hydrolysis of complex molecules · Conversion of building blocks to simple intermediates like acetyl CoA · Oxidation of acetyl CoA Glycolysis is a catabolic pathway for the oxidation of glucose to 2 molecules of pyruvate. Here a six carbon compound is broken down to 2 three carbon compounds. It occurs in 2 stages. Energy utilizing phase and pay off phase of energy. In most kinds of cells, the enzymes that catalyze glycolytic reactions are present in the cytosol. One common characteristic in all the enzymes involved in glycolysis is that nearly all of them require Mg 2+ . https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Biochemistry/Book%3A_ Biochemistry_Free_and_Easy_(Ahern_and_Rajagopal)/06%3A_Metabolism_I_-_Oxidative%2F%2FReductive_Processes/6