OBO ID: GO:0006098

Term Name:	pentose-phosphate shunt		Search Ontology:
Synonyms:	hexose monophosphate pathway pentose phosphate pathway pentose phosphate shunt pentose-phosphate pathway
Definition:	The metabolic process in which glucose-6-phosphate is oxidized to form carbon dioxide (CO2) and ribulose 5-phosphate, coupled to reduction of NADP+ to NADPH; ribulose 5-P then enters a series of reactions that can yield biosynthetic precursors (ribose-5-phosphate and erythrose-4-phosphate) and glycolytic intermediates (fructose-6-phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate). 0198506732
References:	KEGG_PATHWAY:map00030 MetaCyc:PENTOSE-P-PWY Reactome:R-HSA-71336 Wikipedia:Pentose_phosphate_pathway
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO