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.