Consider the following statements about Glycolysis and Choose the correct statement/s?   A) This process takes place in the cell of the cytoplasm and does not require oxygen. B) It is the only process of respiration in Anaerobic organisms.

• It is a chain of a biochemical reaction.
• It is composed of Glyco means Glucose and Lysis mean Breakdown i.e. "Breakdown of Glucose".
• This step is similar in all the living organisms.
• This process takes place in the cell cytoplasm and does not require oxygen. Hence statement A is Correct.
• In this reaction glucose having 6 carbons is converted into Pyruvate having 3 carbons.
• It is the only process of respiration in Anaerobic organisms. It gives 6 ATP molecules as energy. Hence statement B is Correct.
• For aerobic respiration, Pyruvate gets converted into "Carbon Dioxide" and NADH (Nicotinamide adenine Dinucleotide).
• The process of glycolysis was discovered by three scientists Gustav Embden, Otto Meyerhof and Jacob Parnasalong their colleagues.
• Glycolysis is also called as Embden- Meyerhof- Paraas pathway (EMP pathway).
• Glucose (6 carbons) undergoes phosphorylation during the first phase of glycolysis in which Hexokinase enzyme and Mg++ ion works as helper substances during their reaction.

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