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SSC CHSL 2016 · Question 122 of 188

The first step of process of nutrition is the breakdown of glucose into a three-carbon molecule called .

General Knowledge

  1. ApyruvateCorrect
  2. Bpropanol
  3. Cpropane
  4. Dmethanol

Answer: A. pyruvate

Explanation

Glycolysis is the first of the major cellular respiration metabolic pathways to produce energy in the form of ATP. Through a series of enzymatic reactions, the six-carbon ring of glucose is cleaved into two three-carbon sugars of pyruvate in two distinct phases.

Source: SSC CHSL Tier-I Solved Paper (5 March 2017, Shift-1) — Oswaal solved paper with answer key and explanations · reliable-secondary

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