Embden-Meyerhof pathway

British

/ ˈɛmdənˈmaɪəˌhɒf /

noun

the metabolic reaction sequence in glycolysis by which glucose is converted to pyruvic acid with production of ATP

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Etymology

Origin of Embden-Meyerhof pathway

C20: named after Gustav Embden (1874–1933) and Otto Meyerhof (1884–1951), German biochemists

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