producing two moles of ATP in the process.

:C₆H₁₂O₆ + 2 ADP + 2 P_i -> 2 C₂H₅OH + 2 CO₂ + 2 ATP

Sucrose is a sugar composed of glucose linked to fructose. In the first step of alcoholic fermentation, the enzyme invertase cleaves the glycosidic linkage between the glucose and fructose molecules.

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