Detailed Article About Pentose phosphate pathway | ppp pathway Pentose phosphate pathway (also called HMP shunt or Hexose monophosphate shunt) is an alternative pathway for glucose metabolism. It does not lead to generation of any ATP. But this pathway has two major functions: (A) generation of NADPH for synthesis of fatty acid and steroid, and (B) formation of ribose for nucleotide and ...
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