| accession | 0006098 |
| databaseName | GO |
| dbId | 15013 |
| 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). |
| displayName | pentose-phosphate shunt |
| modified | [InstanceEdit:9676538] Cook, Justin, 2020-02-17 |
| name | pentose-phosphate shunt |
| referenceDatabase | [ReferenceDatabase:1] GO |
| schemaClass | GO_BiologicalProcess |
| url | https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0006098 |
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