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Metabolism > Carbohydrate Metabolism > Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Carbohydrate Metabolism > Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Metabolism > Energy Metabolism > Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Metabolism > Metabolic Networks and Pathways > Pentose Phosphate Pathway

Preferred term

Pentose Phosphate Pathway  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hexose Monophosphate Shunt
  • Hexose Monophosphate Shunts
  • Pathway, Pentose-Phosphate
  • Pathway, Pentosephosphate
  • Pathways, Pentose-Phosphate
  • Pathways, Pentosephosphate
  • Pentose-Phosphate Pathway
  • Pentosephosphate Pathway
  • Pentose-Phosphate Pathways
  • Pentosephosphate Pathways
  • Pentose Phosphate Shunt
  • Pentosephosphate Shunt
  • Pentose Phosphate Shunts
  • Pentosephosphate Shunts
  • Pentose Shunt
  • Pentose Shunts
  • Shunt, Hexose Monophosphate
  • Shunt, Pentose
  • Shunt, Pentose Phosphate
  • Shunt, Pentosephosphate
  • Shunts, Hexose Monophosphate
  • Shunts, Pentose
  • Shunts, Pentose Phosphate
  • Shunts, Pentosephosphate

Scope note

  • An oxidative decarboxylation process that converts GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE to D-ribose-5-phosphate via 6-phosphogluconate. The pentose product is used in the biosynthesis of NUCLEIC ACIDS. The generated energy is stored in the form of NADPH. This pathway is prominent in tissues which are active in the synthesis of FATTY ACIDS and STEROIDS.

History note

  • 2006 (1985)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010427

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