Q: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
A version of this process that only occurs in prokaryotes is known as the Entner-Doudoroff pathway. Hexokinase is involved in the first step of the preparatory phase of this pathway, and during the pay-off phase a net gain of (*) 2 NADH and 2 ATP molecules is achieved by this pathway. For 10 points, name this common metabolic pathway that produces pyruvate from glucose.
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Science