What are the advantages and disadvantages of glycolysis?

Answer 1

Glycolysis produces large quantities of NADH producing large amounts of energy. Glycolysis can also be carried out throughout the cell, which gives it an advantage over the TCA and Oxidative phosphorylation cycles that occur in the mitochondria. (:

Answer 2

Ancient prokaryotes used glycolysis to make ATP way before oxygen even existed. The first prokaryotes didn't require oxygen they generated ATP only through glycolysis. ATP can be performed without oxygen.

Answer 3

The disadvantage of glycolysis is that the energy produced by it is limited. There are only 2 ATP produced for each glucose molecule.

Answer 4

It begins with anabolic reactions that require 2 ATP.

Answer 5

The converting of glucose into pyruvates is the first step of cellular respiration.

Answer 6

The simple answer is that glycolysis can make ATP without oxygen and the disadvantage is that glycolysis can only make two ATP per cycle.

Answer 7

So it can make ATP.