Glycolysis
Glycolysis: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Glycolysis, Stages of Glycolysis and Special Features of Glycolysis.
Important Questions on Glycolysis
Assertion : Glycolysis is the first step of respiration in which glucose completely breaks into .
Reason : In this process, there is net gain of twenty four molecules of ATP.

Pyruvic acid, the key product of glycolysis can have many metabolic fates. Under aerobic condition it forms:

Which of the following is not true for glycolysis?

Enzymes taking part in glycolysis (EMP pathway) are present in cytosol or mitochondria?

Name the common phase between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.

Which ONE of the following statements is INCORRECT about the hexokinase-catalysed reaction given below?
Glucose ATP Glucose--phosphate+ADP

Which 3-carbon molecule is one of the final products of glycolysis?

Glycolysis takes place in the mitochondria of the cell.

Fill in the blank with the correct option provided in the bracket.
In_____ step Glucose 6-phosphate (6-C) is converted into fructose 6-phosphate (6-C). (reduction, isomerisation, phosphorylation)

Glycolysis can occur without the presence of oxygen.

Which of the following enzyme catalyzes the first step of glycolysis?

Glycolysis is also called Hatch and Slack Pathway.

Arrange the following in the order of their occurrence with regard to glycolysis.
I. Phosphoenolpyruvate
II. - Phosphoglycerate
III. - bisphosphoglyceric acid
IV. - Phosphoglyceric acid
V. Pyruvic acid
The correct sequence is:

The conversion of 1,3-Biphosphoglyceric Acid (BPGA) to Phosphoglyceric Acid (PGA) is an

Glyceraldehyde phosphate (PGAL or GAP) is oxidized during glycolysis. What happens to the hydrogen atom and the electron that are removed during its oxidation?


One molecule of glucose requires to get phosphorylated to form Fructose Biphosphate in glycolysis. How many are used in the same process if the substrate is fructose?

Which step of glycolysis requires pyruvic kinase, and

Which is formed through phosphorylation in glycolysis?

How many oxygen molecules are used in glycolysis of one molecule of glucose?
