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19. Glycolysis: The Miracle of Turning Phosphate Into Water

Lesson 19 of Masterclass With Masterjohn: The Antioxidant System

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In this lesson, we examine the entire glycolytic pathway. We use as our theme the transfer of oxygen from phosphate to newly generated water. This explains why the standard stoichiometry of glycolysis found in textbooks show it generating two water molecules, and ties the information together with the analogous principles from substrate-level phosphorylation in the citric acid cycle and the relative differences in water consumption and carbon dioxide generation between fat and carbohydrate. As with our discussion of the citric acid cycle, we also reveal why the standard stoichiometry of glycolysis is misleading and why, when we account for atoms rather than molecules, we find glycolysis to be net water-neutral.

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Harnessing the Power of Nutrients
Masterclass With Masterjohn: Energy Metabolism
This is a course with 39 lessons on the biochemistry of how we burn carbohydrate and fat for fuel.
Authors
Chris Masterjohn, PhD