DIY Glycolysis

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Step Six - Aldose to Ketose Isomerisation of Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate

Possible but Counterproductive.

The reaction is possible but would take you further from lactate. It would swap the carbonyl and hydroxyl groups on carbon atoms 1 and 2.

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.