English Explanatory Dictionary

pentose phosphate pathway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A metabolic pathway parallel to glycolysis that generates NADPH and pentoses as well as ribose 5-phosphate, the last one a precursor for the synthesis of nucleotides.

Word forms

pentose phosphate pathway
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