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What atoms will be radioactive on glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate and pyruvate after galactose is passed through glycolysis
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Galactose, like glucose, is metabolized through glycolysis, and its breakdown doesn't involve the production of radioactive atoms. Radioactivity arises from unstable isotopes, which are not typically involved in normal metabolic processes. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate and pyruvate, key intermediates in glycolysis, would not exhibit radioactivity under these conditions.
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