Pentose Phosphate Pathway

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Overall Reaction for the Pathway

3 Glucose-6-Phosphate + 6 NADP+ + 3 H2O ---> 2 Fructose-6-Phosphate + Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate + 6 NADPH + 6 H+ + 3 CO2
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Coenzymes
COHNP
a-D-Glucose-6-phosphate
6-Phosphogluconolactone
D-6-Phosphogluconate
D-Ribulose-5-phosphate
D-Xylulose-5-phosphate      +      D-Ribose-5-phosphate
D-Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate      +      D-Sedoheptulose-7-phosphate
D-Erythrose-4-phosphate      +          D-Fructose-6-phosphate
D-Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate      +       D-Fructose-6-phosphate
[The Metabolic Pathways of Biochemistry] - [Copyright © 1998 Karl J. Miller.]