Both Water and Glucose Share an -OH That Can Serve

Both water and glucose share an -OH that can serve as a substrate for a reaction with the terminal phosphate of ATP catalyzed by hexokinase.Glucose,however,is about a million times more reactive as a substrate than water.The best explanation is that:

A) glucose has more -OH groups per molecule than does water.
B) the larger glucose binds better to the enzyme;it induces a conformational change in hexokinase that brings active-site amino acids into position for catalysis.
C) the -OH group of water is attached to an inhibitory H atom,while the glucose -OH group is attached to C.
D) water and the second substrate,ATP,compete for the active site resulting in a competitive inhibition of the enzyme.
E) water normally will not reach the active site because it is hydrophobic.

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