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Glycolysis vs Phosphoenolpyruvate - What's the difference?

glycolysis | phosphoenolpyruvate |

As nouns the difference between glycolysis and phosphoenolpyruvate

is that glycolysis is the cellular degradation of the simple sugar glucose to yield pyruvic acid, and ATP as an energy source while phosphoenolpyruvate is an important intermediate in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, having the chemical formula C3H5O6P.

glycolysis

English

(wikipedia glycolysis)

Noun

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  • (biology) The cellular degradation of the simple sugar glucose to yield pyruvic acid, and ATP as an energy source.

    • phosphoenolpyruvate

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (organic compound) An important intermediate in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, having the chemical formula C3H5O6P

    • Synonyms

    *phosphoenolpyruvic acid *PEP

    See also

    *(wikipedia "phosphoenolpyruvate")