Triose
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A triose is a monosaccharide, or simple sugar, containing three carbon atoms. There are only three possible trioses: L-Glyceraldehyde and D-Glyceraldehyde, both aldotrioses because the carbonyl group is at the end of the chain, and dihydroxyacetone, a ketotriose because the carbonyl group is in the middle of the chain.[1]
Trioses are important in cellular respiration. During glycolysis, Fructose-1,6-diphosphate is broken down into glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate. lactic acid and pyruvic acid are later derived from these molecules.[2]
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- ^ "Trioses - Three Carbon Sugars". Oxford University Press. http://www.oup.com/us/static/companion.websites/9780195305753/molecules/triose.html. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ "Glycolysis in Detail". Ohio State University at Mansfield. http://www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~sabedon/biol4025.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
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