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The pentose phosphate pathway 497

• An alternative route for the breakdown
of glucose-6-P.

• This pathway functions mainly to
generate:

1. NADPH
2. Precursors for various biosynthetic

processes. These include ribose-5-P,
which provides the ribosyl moiety of
nucleotides and erythrose-4-P, for
the biosynthesis of aromatic
compounds in the shikimic acid
pathway.