Answer to Question #276100 in Cell Biology for Hutchii

Question

In the case of glycolysis, glucose is the recipient of a phosphate group. What effect does the phosphate group have on glucose?

Answer 1

A phosphate group is transferred from ATPstart text, A, T, P, end text to glucose, making glucose-6-phosphate. Glucose-6-phosphate is more reactive than glucose, and the addition of the phosphate also traps glucose inside the cell since glucose with a phosphate can't readily cross the membrane.