Q. The pathway of respiration common in all living organisms is _______ it occurs in the ______ and the products formed are two molecules of ______. Identify and in the above paragraph and select the correct option.
X Y Z
A EMP pathway Mitochondrion Pyruvic acid
B EMP pathway Cytoplasm Pyruvic acid
C Krebs' cycle Cytoplasm Acetyl CoA
D Krebs' cycle Mitochondrion Acetyl CoA

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Glycolysis (from the Greek glyco-sugar, meaning sweet, and lysis-splitting) also known as Embden-Meyerhof- Pamas (EMP) pathway, is an oxidative process in which one molecule of glucose is partially oxidised into two molecules of pyruvate in a series of enzyme catalysed reactions. Glycolysis, the major pathway for glucose metabolism, occurs in the cytosol of all cells. It is a unique pathway occurs aerobically as well as anaerobically and does not involve molecular oxygen.