Modern industrial syntheses of vitamin C involve a fermentation process using this molecule as a starting material.
Modern industrial syntheses of vitamin C involve a fermentation process using this molecule as a starting material. This molecule's less common L isomer cannot react with hexokinase; its D isomer reacts with the enzyme to form a compound containing a phosphate on carbon number 6. The Cori cycle involves the conversion of pyruvate into this molecule. It can also be used to form two equivalents of pyruvate, the starting material of the citric acid cycle. A dimer containing two of these molecules is called mannose while it also forms a long linear chain called glucagon. For 10 points, name this monosaccharide with formula C6H12O6, often referred to as blood sugar.
Modern industrial syntheses of vitamin C involve a fermentation process using this molecule as a starting material.
{glucose} (prompt on “C6H12O6” since a couple of things have the same chemical formula)