Combined Science GCSE
Glucose
What Glucose means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A product of photosynthesis that stores energy and is used in respiration, stored as starch, or used to build cellulose, amino acids and lipids.
Produced by photosynthesis, it provides carbon skeletons for amino acid synthesis.
From photosynthesis, this provides carbon skeletons for amino acid synthesis.
Produced in photosynthesis and used as a reactant to synthesise cellulose.
Topics that use Glucose
- Metabolism (AQA GCSE)
- Photosynthetic reaction (AQA GCSE)
- Uses of glucose from photosynthesis (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Amino acids
- Cellulose
- Nitrate ions
- Respiration
- Starch
- Active transport
- Aerobic respiration
- Anaerobic respiration
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