glucose

simple sugar, or monosaccharide, with the chemical formula C6H12O6; also called dextrose, d-glucopyranose, cerelose, grape sugar, and corn sugar
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glucose

Summary

glucose is a group of isomeric entities[1]. glucose ranks in the top 2% of group_of_isomeric_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,156 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • glucose's instance of is recorded as group of isomeric entities[3].
  • glucose's instance of is recorded as simple carbohydrates[4].
  • glucose's chemical formula is recorded as C₆H₁₂O₆[5].
  • glucose is a type of aldohexose[6].
  • glucose is part of glucose binding[7].
  • glucose is part of glucose metabolic process[8].
  • glucose is part of glucose catabolic process[9].
  • glucose is part of gluconeogenesis[10].
  • glucose is part of response to glucose[11].
  • glucose is part of sucrose catabolic process via 3'-ketosucrose[12].
  • glucose is part of glycolytic fermentation to butanediol[13].
  • glucose is part of glycolytic fermentation to ethanol[14].
  • glucose is part of glucose catabolic process to D-lactate and ethanol[15].
  • glucose is part of glucose fermentation to lactate and acetate[16].
  • glucose is part of glucose catabolic process to lactate[17].
  • glucose is part of glucose catabolic process to lactate via pyruvate[18].
  • glucose is part of mixed acid fermentation[19].
  • glucose is part of canonical glycolysis[20].
  • glucose is part of transport-coupled glycolytic process through glucose-6-phosphate[21].
  • glucose is part of glucose catabolic process to pyruvate[22].
  • glucose is part of glucose catabolic process to pyruvate utilizing ADP[23].
  • glucose is part of cellular response to glucose stimulus[24].
  • glucose is part of poly(hydroxyalkanoate) biosynthetic process from glucose[25].
  • glucose is part of glucose transmembrane transporter activity[26].
  • glucose is part of glucose:proton symporter activity[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include group of isomeric entities[3] and simple carbohydrates[4]. glucose is a type of aldohexose[6].

Use and Application

Components include oxygen[28], a chemical element[29]; carbon[30], a chemical element[31]; and hydrogen[32], a chemical element[33]. Part of include glucose binding[7]; glucose metabolic process[8]; glucose catabolic process[9]; gluconeogenesis[10], a biological process[34]; response to glucose[11]; and sucrose catabolic process via 3'-ketosucrose[12].

Why It Matters

glucose ranks in the top 2% of group_of_isomeric_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,156 views/month).[2] glucose has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] glucose is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . PubChem. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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