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Also Known As	fruit sugar

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Diagram showing how enzymes catalyze reactions: enzymes bind to substrates, form intermediate complexes, and release products. The lower section details specific mechanisms for acetylcholinesterase, sucrose phosphorylase, and maltose phosphorylase, with labeled steps and components.

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fructofuranose high-fructose corn syrup sucrose stachyose fructosuria raffinose Monosaccharide Ribose Glucose Galactose Glycoside