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Step 3: Once again, the cell is having to "spend" an ATP to push the process of glycolysis forward. Keep this in mind for later when you try to figure out how many ATP are gained by glycolysis.

The enzyme that makes this reaction happen is called phosphofructokinase and the product of the reaction is fructose-1,6-biphosphate. The 1 and the 6 indicate which carbon the phosphate groups are attached to.

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