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Glycolysis:
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a pool of precursors for synthetic processes
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The intermediates of glycolysis, such as glucose 6-phosphate, fructose 6-P, glyceraldehyde 3-P, dihydroxyacetone-P, glycerate 3-P can be used as precursors for the synthesis of cell building material, such as nucleotides, amino acids, phospholipids and triglycerides.
Metabolic scheme
In proliferating cells the tetramer:dimer ratio of M2-PK determines whether the glucose carbons are degraded to lactate under the production of energy or channelled into synthetic processes.
References
Glycolysis : main page
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