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Q. Which enzyme converts glucose into alcohol?

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Glucose and fructose are both converted to ethanol and carbon dioxide in presence of zymase enzyme. $ \underset{\begin{smallmatrix} glucose\text{ }and \\ fructose \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{12}}{{O}_{6}}}}\,\xrightarrow{zymase}\underset{ethanol}{\mathop{2{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OH}}\,+2C{{O}_{2}} $