pentose-phosphate shunt

The glucose-6-phosphate catabolic process in which, coupled to NADPH synthesis, glucose-6-P is oxidized with the formation of carbon dioxide (CO2) and ribulose 5-phosphate; ribulose 5-P then enters a series of reactions interconverting sugar phosphat
Intangible biological_process Q827489
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pentose-phosphate shunt

Summary

pentose-phosphate shunt is a biological process[1]. It draws 459 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #61 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • pentose-phosphate shunt's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's subclass of is recorded as metabolic pathway[4].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's subclass of is recorded as glucose 6-phosphate metabolic process[5].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's subclass of is recorded as NADPH regeneration[6].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's Commons category is recorded as Pentose phosphate pathway[7].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D010427[8].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's has part is recorded as NADP+[9].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's has part is recorded as NADPH[10].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's has part is recorded as D-glucose 6-phosphate[11].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's has part is recorded as NADP(3-)[12].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05354t[13].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's MeSH tree code is recorded as G02.111.158.875[14].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's MeSH tree code is recorded as G03.191.875[15].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's MeSH tree code is recorded as G03.295.693[16].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's MeSH tree code is recorded as G03.493.695[17].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0006098[18].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/phosphogluconate-pathway[19].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0006098[20].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0030892[21].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's WikiSkripta article ID is recorded as 25661[22].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 3409486[23].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's Krugosvet article is recorded as nauka_i_tehnika/himiya/GEKSOZOMONOFOSFATNI_SHUNT.html[24].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C3409486[25].
  • pentose-phosphate shunt's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as pentozofosfatnyi-put-9bec1b[26].

Why It Matters

pentose-phosphate shunt draws 459 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #61 of 442).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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