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

• KEGG_PATHWAY:map00030
• MetaCyc:PENTOSE-P-PWY
• Reactome:R-HSA-71336
• Wikipedia:Pentose_phosphate_pathway

Ontology

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