1. Why is the chemical logic behind the phosphorylation of glucose by hexokinase? a. So that we end the preparatory phase with 2 3-carbon compounds. b. to provide a substrate for phosphohexose isomerase. c. "Locks" Glucose in the cell. d. to decrease the ΔG of the next reaction.     2. What type of reaction does glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase catalyze? a. isomerization b. group transfer c. oxidation d. dehydration

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1. Why is the chemical logic behind the phosphorylation of glucose by hexokinase?


a. So that we end the preparatory phase with 2 3-carbon compounds.
b. to provide a substrate for phosphohexose isomerase.
c. "Locks" Glucose in the cell.
d. to decrease the ΔG of the next reaction.
 
 
2. What type of reaction does glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase catalyze?

a. isomerization
b. group transfer
c. oxidation
d. dehydration
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