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Which of the following is true?(a) Xylose is stereo chemically similar to glucose but one carbon shorter(b) Xylose binds to hexokinase in a position where it can be phosphorylated(c) Addition of xylose increases the rate of ATP hydrolysis(d) The binding of xylose is sufficient to induce a change in hexokinase to its active conformationI got this question during an interview.I'd like to ask this question from Examples Of Enzymatic actions in portion Enzymes, Carbohydrates and Gycobiology of Biochemistry

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The CORRECT option is (b) Xylose BINDS to hexokinase in a POSITION where it can be phosphorylated

To ELABORATE: Xylose binds to hexokinase at a position where it cannot be phosphorylated.



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