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What reaction does glucose-6-phosphatase catalyze?

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In glycolysis a separate enzyme (Hexokinase) adds a phosphate onto Glucose and is ATP dependent. The reaction catalyzed by Glucose-6-Phosphatase is a hydrolysis which in water is extremely difficult to reverse- because water is in very high concentration.

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