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Look at the entire glycolysis pathway and make a list of the kinds of organic reactions that take place-nucleophilic acyl substitutions, aldol reactions, imine formations, E1cB reactions, and so forth.
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Phosphorylation (Hexokinase/Glucokinase): Transfer of phosphate group from ATP to glucose, forming glucose-6-phosphate. This is a nucleophilic substitution reaction. Show more…
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