glycolysis definition as a pathway for atp
Glycolysis (from glycose, an older term for glucose + -lysis degradation) is the metabolic pathway that converts glucose C 6 H 12 O 6, into pyruvate, CH 3 COCOO â + H + .lycolysis occurs in most organisms in the cytosol of the cell. The most common type of glycolysis is the EmbdenâMeyerhofâParnas (EMP pathway) , which was discovered by Gustav Embden, Otto Meyerhof, and Jakub Karol Parnas.