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Stage 1: Glucose decomposition by Glycolysis
First we'll We love you,
look at glycolysis!
glycolysis!
To start, a cell absorbs Zoom
glucose and breaks it down
in the cytoplasm, which is the Cytoplasm
gooey liquid that holds the
cell's organelles.
One molecule of glucose Oh, I get it. To turn one
is decomposed into two molecule of glucose into
molecules of pyruvate pyruvate, it's split exactly
(or lactate*).
in two. Nice and neat!
Glycolysis
Glucose Pyruvate
Glucose is made up of Pyruvate
six carbon atoms, while Glucose
pyruvate has three.
* Lactate is created from pyruvate when oxygen isn't available.
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