Term Name: | Entner-Doudoroff pathway |
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Definition: | A cellular carbohydrate catabolic process that converts a carbohydrate to pyruvate and either glyceraldehyde or glyceraldehyde-3 phosphate by dehydration and aldol cleavage via a gluconate or 6-phosphogluconate intermediate. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0061678] QuickGO AmiGO |