Question: which one of the following is part of the preparatory phase of glycolysis?
Answer: In the preparatory phase of glycolysis, two molecules of ATP are invested and the hexose chain is cleaved into two triose phosphates. During this, phosphorylation of glucose and it's conversion to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate take place. The steps 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 together are called as the preparatory phase.