Produced by Ahmed Eltahir; created May 5, 2014

The purpose of this video is to teach people about the nomenclature behind the names of the molecules in the glycolysis pathway. To fully understand this video, a thorough background in biology is recommended, around that of an introductory biology course. A rough understanding of glycolysis and organic chemistry would be helpful as well.

Glycolysis is a subject taught in many places; however the nomenclature is a specific part that is almost never touched upon. This video was created to fill this gap and give students that information. Glycolysis is a subject taught in both 7.05 and 5.07 in MIT. These are both biochemistry courses in MIT from the perspective of a biologist and a chemist, respectively. They cover glycolysis in depth, but the nomenclature is not something covered in these classes.

Acknowledgements: Special thanks to Graham Ramsay and David Custer for being my mentors throughout this process. Thank you to all the students of ES.333 for their support and to Patricia Christie for her technical advice.