triose (Meaning)

Wordnet

triose (n)

any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule

Webster

triose (n.)

A sugar derived from a trihydric alcohol

A trisaccharide.

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any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per moleculeA sugar derived from a trihydric alcohol, A trisaccharide.

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Trioses are three-carbon sugars that play a crucial role in cellular metabolism.

The glycolysis pathway generates two molecules of the triose glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate.

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate is cleaved into two trioses: dihydroxyacetone phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate.

Trioses can be interconverted into each other through reactions catalyzed by triose phosphate isomerase.