Atriose is amonosaccharide, or simple sugar, containing threecarbonatoms. There are only three possible trioses: the twoenantiomers ofglyceraldehyde, which arealdoses; anddihydroxyacetone, aketose which is symmetrical and therefore has no enantiomers.[1]
Trioses are important inphotosynthesis andcellular respiration. Duringglycolysis,fructose-1,6-bisphosphate is broken down intoglyceraldehyde-3-phosphate anddihydroxyacetone phosphate.Lactic acid andpyruvic acid are later derived from these molecules.[2]
Importance of triose in animal physiology
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