摘要
Cells get the energy for most of their activities in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is generated through the breakdown of glucose and lipid molecules. Partial breakdown of a single glucose molecule through glycolysis yields 2 ATP molecules; and when glycolysis is followed by pyruvate decarboxylation and the tricarboxcylic acid (TCA) cycle, a cell can eke out between 30 and 38 ATP molecules per molecule of glucose. Lipids are another potent energy source that, after some preliminary processing, can also be metabolized through the TCA cycle.
摘要译文
细胞以腺苷三磷酸三磷酸（ATP）形式的大多数活性获得能量，这通过葡萄糖和脂质分子的分解产生。通过糖醇分离单个葡萄糖分子的部分分解产生2 ATP分子;并且当糖醇分解之后是丙酮酸脱羧和三羧酸（TCA）循环，电池可以在每分子葡萄糖的30至38 ATP分子之间渗出。脂质是另一种有效的能量来源，即在一些初步处理之后，也可以通过TCA循环来代谢。
Caitlin Sedwick. Fine-tuning Metabolic Switches[J]. PLoS Biology. (Public Library of Science), 2013,11(9)