Glycolysis Reactions

There are 5 important types of reactions that occur in glycolysis:
  1. phosphoryl transfer: a phosphoryl group is transferred from ATP to a glycolytic intermediate, or from the intermediate to ADP, by a kinase.

  2. phosphoryl shift: a phosphoryl group is shifted from one oxygen atom to another within a molecule by a mutase.

  3. isomerization: the conversion of a ketose to an aldose, or vice versa, by an isomerase.

  4. dehydration: the removal of water by a dehydratase.

  5. aldol cleavage: the splitting of a carbon-carbon bond in a reversal of an aldol condensation by an aldolase.

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