No. To break a protein down into its amino acids you will need enzymes. Enzymes are biological molecules (proteins) that act as catalysts and help complex reactions occur everywhere in life. Letâs say you ate a piece of meat. Proteases would go to work and help break down the peptide bonds between the amino acids.
Glycolysis itself does not output CO2. Just after glycolysis the 2 pyruvates which are derived from the glucose molecule during glycolysis, are converted into 2 acetyl CoA in â¦ the process of which one CO2 per pyruvate is released. After that the 2 acetyl CoA's enter the Kerbs cycle and a further 2 CO2's are produced for each.
Glycolysis is performed in the cytoplasm of the cell and produces a net product of two adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and two coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), turning glucose into two pyruvate acids.