DIY Glycolysis

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Step Nine - Dehydration of 2-phosphoglycerate

Product Phosphoenolpyruvate

You have succeeded in removing a hydroxyl group from carbon 3 which gets you closer to lactate. Now you've got that double bond to get rid of. How are you going to do that?


So far two ATP spent and two manufactured. Subtrate oxidised by four electrons (two electron oxidation for each molecule of substrate).


Author: Jon Maber

j.r.maber@leeds.ac.uk

Dept Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The University of Leeds, U.K.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The University of Leeds, U.K.