Fig. 7E: Group Translocation, Step 1
When bacteria use the process of group translocation to transport glucose across their membrane, a high-energy phosphate group from phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) is transferred to the glucose molecule to form glucose-6-phosphate.
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