Whether a sugar starts out as a fructose, galactose, or glucose, it must undergo enzyme-catalyzed reactions in order to become a single type of monosaccharide so that it can go through the second stage of catabolism, glycolysis. Which monosaccharide must all of these sugars become?
A) fructose
B) galactose
C) mannose
D) talose
E) glucose

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All sugars must ultimately be converted to glucose in order to undergo glycolysis, the second stage of catabolism.

Whether a Sugar Starts Out as a Fructose, Galactose, or Glucose