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GO: Biological Process

pentose-phosphate shunt

Term ID
GO:0006098
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
Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
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