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1. ATP gives a phosphate group to Glucose, which now turns into Glucose 6 Phosphate

 

2. Glucose turns into it's isomer Fructose (They're like bros: same chemical formula, just different atom arrangement)

 

3. ATP gives another phosphate group to Fructose, which now turns into Fructose 6 Biphosphate

 

4. There's a split up now: G3P and DHAP. DHAP converts to G3P b/c they're isomers (aka bros) so after a bit of atom switching we have 2 G3P

 

5. G3P loses 2 electrons and 2 protons b/c of the energy released in the earlier conversion.  NAD+ takes the electrons and 1 proton to reduce to NADH H+ 

 

6. 1,3 BPG gives a phosphate group to ADP who now turns into ATP

 

7. A phosphate group is just changing it's position : going from 3 Carbon to 2 Carbon because it can

 

8. Water leaves 2PG and we have Phosphoenlpyruvate

 

9. Now Phosphoenlpyruvate loses it's last phosphate group and ADP takes it, to make ATP

 

NOTE

 

We have 4 ATP made in total, but since ATP from steps 1-3 gave they're phosphate group, we only have 2 ATP in profit

 

Where does NADH H+ go?  Well because it took those electrons, it goes to the Electron Transport Chain where it the electrons will be put into use.

 

Picture reference

(PixShark, 2015) 

 

 

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