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Lehninger PRINCIPLES of BIOCHEMISTRY Seventh Edition 14| Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway O 2017 W. H. Freeman and Company David L.Nelson Michael M.Cox CHAPTER 14 Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway Learning goals: Harnessing energy from glucose via glycolysis Fermentation under anaerobic conditions Synthesis of glucose from simpler compounds: gluconeogenesis Glycolysis: Overview Functions of glycolysis: 1. In the absence of terminal electron acceptors (oxygen) glycolysis provides all the ATP required for cellular activity 2. Glycolysis intermediates are direct precursors of many cellular building blocks: All the amino acids Membrane lipids Nucleotides in DNA and RNA Cofactors needed for the metabolism 3. Pyruvate product feeds into TCA or is fermented in the absence of oxygen Extracellularmatrix andcellwall polysaccharides Glycogen, starch, sucrose synthesis of structural polyme torage Glucose oxidation via glycolysis oxidation via pentose phosphat pathway Ribose 5-phosphate Pyruva