The document summarizes the process of glycolysis and its connection to the Krebs cycle through the link reaction in the mitochondria. Glycolysis in the cytoplasm converts glucose into two pyruvate molecules with a net production of 2 ATP and 2 NADH. The pyruvate is actively transported into the mitochondrial matrix. There, the link reaction uses one pyruvate to reduce one NAD+ to NADH while decarboxylating pyruvate to produce acetyl-CoA. The acetyl-CoA then enters the Krebs cycle in the mitochondrial matrix to continue extracting energy through oxidative phosphorylation.