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Adenosine triphosphate, the cell's main short-term energy carrier.
Glycolysis · Glycolysis (human)
The ten-step cytosolic pathway that splits one glucose into two pyruvate, with a net gain of 2 ATP and 2 NADH.
Cellular Respiration · Cellular respiration
How cells transfer energy from fuel molecules into ATP, often using oxygen in the final electron-accepting step.
DNA
A double-stranded molecule whose sequence stores and passes on hereditary information in most cells.
Mitochondrion
An organelle that supports energy conversion and many other cellular processes.
Photosynthesis
The capture of light energy and transfer of carbon from carbon dioxide into organic molecules by plants, algae, and some bacteria.
1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate · 1,3BPG
An acyl-phosphate with high phosphoryl-transfer potential, formed when G3P is oxidized.
10-Formyltetrahydrofolate · 10-formyl-THF
A folate cofactor that donates one-carbon units during purine-ring synthesis.
2-Oxoglutarate · α-KG
A five-carbon citric acid cycle intermediate also called alpha-ketoglutarate.
2-Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex · EC 1.2.4.2
Oxidatively decarboxylates 2-oxoglutarate to succinyl-CoA.