The 2 in front of the oxygen gas and the 2 in front of the water vapor are called the reaction coefficients. They indicate the number of each chemical species that reacts or is formed. Methane and oxygen (oxygen is a diatomic â two-atom â element) are the reactants, while carbon dioxide and water are the products.
Pyrophosphatase (or inorganic pyrophosphatase) is an enzyme (EC 3.6.1.1) that catalyzes the conversion of one molecule of pyrophosphate to two phosphate ions.he functionality of this enzyme plays a critical role in lipid metabolism (including lipid synthesis and degradation), calcium absorption and bone formation, and DNA synthesis, as well as other biochemical transformations.
When the body needs energy, this glucose breaks down in a process called glycolysis and results in pyruvate molecules and NADH molecules. When there is a lack of oxygen, lactic acid fermentation uses the pyruvate molecules that have accumulated during glycolysis and the NADH molecules to produce energy for human muscle cells. Lactic acid and ATP, or adenosine triphosphate, are the byproducts of this process.