The splitting of glucose is the first step in the breaking down of glucose that enables cells to obtain energy rich molecules of ATP
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Learning goals
To understand how glucose is partially broken down to make ATP in the cell’s cytoplasm, without oxygen.
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Glycolysis is the first stage of cellular respiration. Literally, the word “Glycolysis” means “splitting of sugar”. Indeed, glucose is broken down in the cytoplasm through a series of biochemical…