Glycolysis
Glycolysis
- Glycolysis is the first stage of respiration.
- Hydrogen bonds are broken as glucose is broken down.
- The energy released is used to synthesise ATP.
- Glycolysis is an anaerobic process which occurs in the cell cytoplasm.
- The formation of ATP without an electron transport chain is an example of substrate-level phosphorylation.
- 2 ATP molecules are required to start the process, and 4 are produced, meaning there is a net output of 2 ATP molecules.
- NADP is used to synthesise more ATP later in cellular respiration.