Botany-Glycolysis
NEET Botany Glycolysis Assertion Reason Question
Type: Assertion Reason-assertion-Hard-Class 11
Assertion (A): ATP is utilised during the phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate in glycolysis.
Reason (R): The enzyme hexokinase catalyzes the isomerisation of glucose-6-phosphate to fructose-6-phosphate.
A
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
B
Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C
A is true, but R is false.
D
A is false.
Correct Answer
Option C
Detailed Explanation
The assertion is true because ATP is indeed used to phosphorylate glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, but the reason is false because hexokinase does not catalyze the isomerisation; it catalyzes the phosphorylation.
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