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What is the need to convert 3 phosphoglyceric acid into 2 phosphoenol pyruvic acid in glycolysis?

A

Use of

H_{3} P O_{4}

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Decarboxylation

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Dehydration

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Formation of ATP

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Solution

The correct option is C Dehydration
In the ninth step of the glycolytic pathway, 2-phosphoglycerate is dehydrated to form phosphoenol pyruvate, an enol, in a reversible reaction catalyzed by enolase.

2-Phosphoglycerate ⇄ Phosphoenolpyruvate $+ H_{2} O$ .

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