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The cellular degradation of the simple sugar glucose to yield pyruvic acid, and ATP as an energy source.
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glycolysis — glycolysis. См. гликолиз. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
glycolysis — (n.) 1892, from GLYCO (Cf. glyco ) + Gk. lysis (see LYSIS (Cf. lysis)) … Etymology dictionary
glycolysis — [glī käl′i sis] n. [ GLYCO + LYSIS] a complex series of cellular biochemical reactions, not requiring oxygen, that splits glucose, glycogen, or other carbohydrates into pyruvic, or lactic, acid while storing energy in ATP molecules glycolytic… … English World dictionary
Glycolysis — See also: Gluconeogenesis, which carries out a process wherein glucose is synthesized rather than catabolized. Glycolysis is the sequence of reactions that converts glucose into pyruvate with the concomitant production of a relatively small… … Wikipedia
glycolysis — The energy yielding conversion of d glucose to lactic acid (instead of pyruvate oxidation products) in various tissues, notably muscle, when sufficient oxygen is not available (as in an emergency situation); since molecular oxygen is not consumed … Medical dictionary
glycolysis — n. the conversion of glucose, by a series of ten enzyme catalysed reactions, to lactic acid. Glycolysis takes place in the cytoplasm of cells and the first nine reactions (converting glucose to pyruvate) form the first stage of cellular… … The new mediacal dictionary
glycolysis — A process in which glucose (sugar) is partially broken down by cells in enzyme reactions that do not need oxygen. Glycolysis is one method that cells use to produce energy. When glycolysis is linked with other enzyme reactions that use oxygen,… … English dictionary of cancer terms
glycolysis — /gluy kol euh sis/, n. Biochem. the catabolism of carbohydrates, as glucose and glycogen, by enzymes, with the release of energy and the production of lactic or pyruvic acid. [1890 95; GLYCO + LYSIS] * * * or glycolytic pathway or Embden Meyerhof … Universalium
glycolysis — glikolizė statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Fermentinis anaerobinis sacharidų skaidymas. atitikmenys: angl. glycolysis rus. гликолиз … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
glycolysis — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1892 the enzymatic breakdown of a carbohydrate (as glucose) by way of phosphate derivatives with the production of pyruvic or lactic acid and energy stored in high energy phosphate bonds of ATP • glycolytic… … New Collegiate Dictionary
glycolysis — n. [Gr. glykys, sweet; lyein, to break up] The enzymatic breakdown of glucose to lactic acid or pyruvic acid with the release of energy in the form of high energy phosphate bonds … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
