triose, triose, monosaccharide, simple, sugar, containing, three, carbon, atoms, there, only, three, possible, trioses, enantiomers, glyceraldehyde, which, aldoses, dihydroxyacetone, ketose, which, symmetrical, therefore, enantiomers, glyceraldehyde, aldotrios. A triose is a monosaccharide or simple sugar containing three carbon atoms There are only three possible trioses the two enantiomers of glyceraldehyde which are aldoses and dihydroxyacetone a ketose which is symmetrical and therefore has no enantiomers 1 D Glyceraldehyde is an aldotriose because the carbonyl group is at the end of the chainDihydroxyacetone is a ketotriose because the carbonyl group is the center of the chain Trioses are important in cellular respiration During glycolysis fructose 1 6 bisphosphate is broken down into glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate Lactic acid and pyruvic acid are later derived from these molecules 2 References edit Trioses Three Carbon Sugars Oxford University Press Retrieved 2011 07 10 Glycolysis in Detail Ohio State University at Mansfield Retrieved 2011 07 10 nbsp This biochemistry article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Triose amp oldid 1182730500, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
