In one step of this process the hemiacetal hydroxyl group located on carbon 1 of the glucose 6-phosphate is converted into a carbonyl group via dehydrogenation, which then generates a lactone and a NADPH.
In one step of this process the hemiacetal hydroxyl group located on carbon 1 of the glucose 6-phosphate is converted into a carbonyl group via dehydrogenation, which then generates a lactone and a NADPH. Also in that same phase, oxidative decarboxylation occurs, wherein a NADP+ becomes an electron acceptor, producing another molecule of NADPH, CO2, and ribulose 5-phosphate. The primary rate controlling enzyme in this process is glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. In plants, it is suggested that this process is used primarily to produce intermediates for new plant constituents such as ribose for RNA and erythrose 4-phosphate. Consisting of an oxidative and non-oxidative phase, for 10 points, name this alternative pathway to glycolysis, which occurs in the cytosol and creates 5-carbon sugars.
In one step of this process the hemiacetal hydroxyl group located on carbon 1 of the glucose 6-phosphate is converted into a carbonyl group via dehydrogenation, which then generates a lactone and a NADPH.
{pentose} phosphate pathway [accept {phosphogluconate pathway} or {hexose monophosphate shunt}]