Question

What is the full form of the EMP pathway?

Answer 1

EMP Pathway:

1. The EMP pathway, also known as glycolysis, is expanded as the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway and is named after the biochemists Gustav Embden, Otto Meyerhof, and Jakub Karol Parnas who described the steps involved in the pathway.
2. This pathway is an important step in cellular respiration and takes place in the cytoplasm.
3. The end products of this pathway are 2 molecules of pyruvic acid along with 2 molecules each of ATP and NADH and water from one molecule of glucose.