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The pentose phosphate pathway of carbohydrate metabolism is an oxidative pathway, in contrast to the Embden–Meyerhof pathway of glycolysis. In this pathway, glucose 6-phosphate, derived from glucose by phosphorylation can be totally degraded to carbon dioxide, accompanied by the reduction of NADP+ to NADPH.
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Cohen, G.N. (2010). The Pentose Phosphate and Entner–Doudoroff Pathways. In: Microbial Biochemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9437-7_7
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