Question

Does glycolysis occur in humans?

Answer 1

Hint: Glycolysis is the first metabolic pathway . It comes from a merger of two Greek words : glykys = sweet and lysis= breakdown/splitting. It is also known as Embden -Meyerhof -Parnas pathway or EMP pathway. This unique pathway occurs aerobically as well as anaerobically and doesn’t involve molecular oxygen.

Complete answer:
 To answer this question you must know about glycolysis. Glycolysis pathway was discovered by Embden Meyer off pernas hence it is also called as Embden -Meyerhof pathway (EMP) .it is defined as the sequence of reaction converting glucose or glycogen to pyruvate or lactate with the production of ATP. It is essential for the brain which is dependent on glucose for energy.

 Glycolysis is the first pathway used for breakdown of glucose to extract energy. It was probably one of the earliest metabolic pathways to evolve and is used by nearly all organisms on earth during cellular respiration. It mainly takes place in the mitochondria of cells in cytoplasm of both prokaryotes and eukaryotes cells.

 It is a catabolic pathway of glucose, occurs in both aerobic well as anaerobic conditions, Mature mammalian blood cells do not have mitochondria and are not capable of anaerobic respiration, the process in which organisms convert energy in presence of oxygen.

As glycolysis occurs in the cytoplasm of both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, therefore, we can say it occurs in human beings too.

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