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Glucose-6-phosphate is a sugar compound with 6 [[carbon|carbon]] [[atoms|atoms]], carbon number 6 being [[Phosphorylation|phosphorylated]]. This [[glucose|glucose]] sugar compound is created in the first step of [[Glycolysis|glycolysis]]. The reaction involves a group of [[enzymes |enzymes]] known as [[Hexokinase|hexokinases ]] which catalyse the phosphorylation of glucose into glucose-6-phosphate using up [[ATP|ATP<ref>Jeremy M. Berg, (2010) Biochemistry, Seventh Edition. Seventh Edition Edition. United States of America, W. H. Freeman.</ref>]]. | |||
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Revision as of 16:50, 23 October 2018
Glucose-6-phosphate is a sugar compound with 6 carbon atoms, carbon number 6 being phosphorylated. This glucose sugar compound is created in the first step of glycolysis. The reaction involves a group of enzymes known as hexokinases which catalyse the phosphorylation of glucose into glucose-6-phosphate using up ATP[1].
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- ↑ Jeremy M. Berg, (2010) Biochemistry, Seventh Edition. Seventh Edition Edition. United States of America, W. H. Freeman.