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Glycolysis

 
 

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Problem 1.1: Where does glycolysis take place in a cell?
 
Problem 1.2: What is the name of the enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of a glucose molecule in the first step of glycolysis?
 
Problem 1.3: In glycolytic steps one and three, what is the source of the phosphate groups that are added to glucose and fructose-6-phosphate, respectively?
 
Problem 1.4: What class of metabolic reaction is catalyzed by phosphoglucose isomerase in the second step of glycolysis? What are the starting and ending molecules in this step?
 
Problem 1.5: In step four of glycolysis, why is dihyroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) immediately converted into glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (GAP) by the enzyme triosphosphate isomerase?
 
 
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