It begins with oxidative reactions that convert glucose 6-phosphate to ribulose 5-phosphate via an  ester and a carboxylic acid intermediate.
It begins with oxidative reactions that convert glucose 6-phosphate to ribulose 5-phosphate via an  ester and a carboxylic acid intermediate. In the second stage, an isomerase converts the ribulose to ribose. If the ribose produced by the earlier stages is not required, it passes through a series of reactions involving the enzymes transaldolase and transketolase to produce fructose-6-phosphate and glyceraldeyhyde 3-phosphate  for use in glycolysis. While it can provide an alternative metabolic pathway, its primary role is to produce materials for reduction reactions and for nucleic acid synthesis. For ten points, name this series of biochem-ical reactions that are employed to produce NADPH and five carbon sugars.
It begins with oxidative reactions that convert glucose 6-phosphate to ribulose 5-phosphate via an  ester and a carboxylic acid intermediate.
pentose phosphate pathway or pentose shunt