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To determine: The molecules from the given diagram representing sucrose synthesis in plants.
Concept introduction:
Sucrose is a disaccharide of glucose and fructose. It is synthesized in the cytosol of the plant cells from triose phosphates. In this reaction, the glucose residue is activated to uridine diphosphate-glucose, which is catalyzed by the enzyme uridine diphosphate-glucose pyrophosphorylase. The glucose residue is transferred by the enzyme sucrose phosphate synthase from UDP-glucose to fructose-6-phosphate; this forms sucrose-6-phosphate. The sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase cleaves the phosphate group to yield sucrose.
Correct answer:
Fig. 1 shows that the identified molecule is fructose-6-phosphate.
Pictorial representation:
Fig.1 represents sucrose synthesis in plants.
Fig.1: sucrose synthesis
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