MCB 229 Spring 1999. Notes are presented here only as an aid to students who missed lecture, or whose notes may be incomplete in certain particulars. Thomas M. Terry Breakdown of glucose to pyruvate 1.
Rest is released as heat.
This happens twice for each 3-C molecule. The resulting 3-C molecule is pyruvic acid, or pyruvate. Has evolutionary, taxonomic significance. Found in Pseudomonas, Rhizobium, Azotobacter , others. Almost all Gram-negatives.