• In biology, autolysis, more commonly known as self-digestion, refers to the destruction of a cell through the action of its own enzymes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Autolysis is uncommon in living adult organisms and usually occurs in necrotic tissue as enzymes act on components of the cell that would not normally serve as substrates. (wikipedia.org)
  • Glycolysis has a lower ATP yield than oxidative phosphorylation and generates acidic byproducts that decrease the pH of the cell, which enables many of the enzymatic processes involved in autolysis. (wikipedia.org)