# 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

**Wikidata**: [Q827489](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q827489)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentose_phosphate_pathway)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/pentose-phosphate-shunt


## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16
3. Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01
4. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
5. UMLS 2023
6. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)