Bioinformatics
Substrate-level phosphorylation is a metabolic process where a phosphate group is directly transferred to ADP to form ATP, using energy from the breakdown of a substrate. This process occurs independently of the electron transport chain and is a key feature in pathways like glycolysis and the citric acid cycle, providing a quick and direct way to generate ATP under certain conditions.
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