Which pathway is Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway?

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Which pathway is Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway?

This is glycolysis—the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway. It is the cytosolic breakdown of glucose to pyruvate, typically described as a ten-step process that yields a net 2 ATP and 2 NADH per glucose. It can run without oxygen and also feeds into aerobic metabolism when oxygen is present. The other options correspond to different pathways: the hexose monophosphate shunt (pentose phosphate pathway) makes NADPH and ribose-5-phosphate; the methemoglobin reductase pathway reduces methemoglobin; and the Rapaport-Luebering shunt in red blood cells diverts intermediates to produce 2,3-BPG to adjust oxygen release.

This is glycolysis—the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway. It is the cytosolic breakdown of glucose to pyruvate, typically described as a ten-step process that yields a net 2 ATP and 2 NADH per glucose. It can run without oxygen and also feeds into aerobic metabolism when oxygen is present. The other options correspond to different pathways: the hexose monophosphate shunt (pentose phosphate pathway) makes NADPH and ribose-5-phosphate; the methemoglobin reductase pathway reduces methemoglobin; and the Rapaport-Luebering shunt in red blood cells diverts intermediates to produce 2,3-BPG to adjust oxygen release.

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