| Pathway Id | ko00030 |
| Class & Sub-Class | Class: Metabolism Sub-Class: Carbohydrate metabolism |
| Description | The pentose phosphate pathway is a process of glucose turnover that produces NADPH as reducing equivalents and pentoses as essential parts of nucleotides. There are two different phases in the pathway. One is irreversible oxidative phase in which glucose-6P is converted to ribulose-5P by oxidative decarboxylation; and NADPH is generated [MD:M00006]. The other is reversible non-oxidative phase in which phosphorylated sugars are interconverted to generate xylulose-5P; ribulose-5P; and ribose-5P [MD:M00007]. Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP) formed from ribose-5P [MD:M00005] is an activated compound used in the biosynthesis of histidine and purine/pyrimidine nucleotides. This pathway map also shows the Entner-Doudoroff pathway where 6-P-gluconate is dehydrated and then cleaved into pyruvate and glyceraldehyde-3P [MD:M00008]. Source: KEGG Database |
Make changes to the option below (image Size) and click here to update the map:
| Image Size | You can change the size of an image just by changing the width or height attributes. Size (enter width only) the present size is: | |
| Get Data Out | |
| Click here to show selected items: | |