1) Glycolysis is a key metabolic process in plant cells that converts glucose to pyruvate, producing ATP and NADH in the process. 2) Glucose is first phosphorylated by hexokinase to glucose-6-phosphate, then converted via multiple enzymatic steps involving phosphorylation, isomerization, and oxidation reactions to two molecules of pyruvate. 3) The rate-limiting step is the conversion of fructose-6-phosphate to fructose-1,6-bisphosphate by phosphofructokinase.