has part pentose-phosphate shunt pentose phosphate pathway MetaCyc:PENTOSE-P-PWY The metabolic process in which glucose-6-phosphate is oxidized to form carbon dioxide (CO2) and ribulose 5-phosphate, coupled to reduction of NADP+ to NADPH; ribulose 5-P then enters a series of reactions that can yield biosynthetic precursors (ribose-5-phosphate and erythrose-4-phosphate) and glycolytic intermediates (fructose-6-phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate). Reactome:R-HSA-71336 KEGG_PATHWAY:map00030 GO:0006098 pentose-phosphate pathway biological_process Wikipedia:Pentose_phosphate_pathway hexose monophosphate pathway pentose phosphate shunt NADPH regeneration pentose-phosphate shunt, oxidative branch pentose-phosphate shunt, non-oxidative branch glucose 6-phosphate metabolic process