1. ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE
 The energy of hydrolysis of ATP is not stored energy,
just as an electric current
does not represent stored
energy. ATP must be
produced only when needed.

2. GLYCOLYSIS
Breakdown of glucose into pyruvate
Primary pathway used by RBC to generate energy
Takes place in the cytosol

3. Glycolysis
 Anaerobic catabolism of glucose
 Occurs in virtually all cells.
 In eukaryotes, it occurs in the cytosol.
 It converts a molecule of glucose into 2 molecules of
pyruvic acid.
 C6H12O6 + 2NAD+ -> 2C3H4O3 + 2NADH + 2H+
 Net ATP produced: 2 ATPs

4.  Animation: http://highered.mcgraw-
hill.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapte
r25/animation__how_glycolysis_works.html
 More details:
http://biology.about.com/od/cellularprocesses/a/aa08
2704a.htm

5. 10 Steps of Glycolysis

6.  Alternative image for glycolysis

8. Fates of Pyruvate