Indeed, although the oxidation pathways of fatty acids ... In these situations, glucose is degraded to pyruvate, which is then promptly converted to lactate (Figure 2). This process is called ...

Investigators led by Issam Ben-Sahra, Ph.D., associate professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, have discovered how ...

so the breakdown of glucose is controlled by enzymes. This stage does not require oxygen. If oxygen is available to the cell then the pyruvate molecules can be further broken down in stage two to ...