Steps of Glycolysis

From the 9th chapter of Campbell's AP Biology textbook, 7th edition

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Step one (beginning of energy investment phase)
Glucose is phosphorylated and thus energized by hexokinase, using 1ATP. More reactive now.
Step two
Glucose-6-phosphate is rearrange by phosphoglucoisomerase and converted to fructose-6-phosphate
Step three
Another ATP is added by phosphofructokinase. Sugar now very unstable and has phosphate groups at each end
Step four
Sugar splits (aldolase) into 3-C sugars: PGAL, and its isomer dihydroxyacetone phosphate (basically 2 PGALs)
Step five
Enzyme catalyzes the conversion of dihydroxyacetone phosphate to PGAL bc the next enz. in glycolysis is unreceptive to isomer.
Step six (beginning of energy yielding phase)
2reactions by 1enz. 1: Sugar is oxidized, forming NADH, v. exergonic. (REMOVES) 2: Phosp. grp is attached to oxidized substrate (ADDS)
Step seven (by end of this, 2 ATPs per glucose are made, zero net gain)
Phos. grp. just added is removed and joined to ADP (substrate level phosp.). remain 3-phosphoglycerate is an acid.
Step eight
Enz. relocates the remaining phosphate group in order to prepar the substrate for the next rxn
Step nine
An enzyme forms a double bond in the substrate by removing H2O. Makes phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP)
Step ten
PEP transfers a phosphate group to ADP to make ATP, pyruvate is left. this is called substrate level phosphorylation