Question

A suspension of yeast cells is being grown under anaerobic conditions such that glucose is degraded to ethanol and carbon dioxide. If one wishes to follow this process by monitoring the release of 14CO2, at which positions in the glucose molecule would the 14C label need to be incorporated?

Answer 1

carbons 3 and 4

Step-by-step explanation:

• Carbon's characteristics include its ability to bond with oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur.
• Carbon biochemical compounds are essential to all life on the planet.
• Because of its bonding ability, carbon can form single, double, or triple covalent bonds with other atoms.
• C3H8 = propane, three hydrogen-saturated carbons
• C4H10 = butane, four hydrogen-saturated carbons