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- Respiration in Plants
NEET · Botany · Respiration in Plants
What happens to glucose and fructose after they are formed from...
What happens to glucose and fructose after they are formed from sucrose?
Options
- AThey are stored as glycogen
- BThey enter the glycolytic pathway
- CThey are converted into sucrose
- DThey are broken down into starch
Correct answer
B. They enter the glycolytic pathway
Step-by-step solution
Sucrose is converted into glucose and fructose by the enzyme, invertase, and these two monosaccharides readily enter the glycolytic pathway. Glucose and fructose are phosphorylated to give rise to glucose-6- phosphate by the activity of the enzyme hexokinase. This phosphorylated form of glucose then isomerises to produce fructose-6- phosphate. Subsequent steps of metabolism of glucose and fructose are same. The various steps of glycolysis are depicted in Figure 12.1. In glycolysis, a chain of ten reactions, under the control of different enzymes, takes place to produce pyruvate from glucose