DIY Glycolysis

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Step Three - Coupled Phosphorylation and Oxidation of Fructose 6-phosphate

Not really possible.

Since you have isomerised to a ketose and there is no longer an aldehyde group you can't oxidise to a carboxylic acid and couple this with the formation of an acid anhydride with inorganic phosphate.


Author: Jon Maber

j.r.maber@leeds.ac.uk

Dept Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The University of Leeds, U.K.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The University of Leeds, U.K.