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This question asks us which biological pathway of those given leads to the production of pyruvate, which as shown here with its skeletal formula is a three -carbon molecule with three oxygens.
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Now, we know that we can produce two molecules of pyruvate and therefore six carbons because we're having two, three carbon molecules from one molecule of glucose.
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Now, glucose is a six -carbon molecule.
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Now, if we take a look at our reaction, we know that one molecule of glucose has six carbons, and therefore we're going from six carbons to two times three carbons, which is six carbons.
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So this is a balanced equation.
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This metabolic pathway, which converts glucose to pyruvate, is called glycolysis.
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If we write out this word, we see that there are two parts of the word that we can break down and understand its meaning...