hexose monophosphate shunt
- hexose monophosphate shunt
hexose monophosphate shunt n a metabolic pathway of glucose in which glucose-6-phosphate is oxidized enzymatically twice with NADP as a cofactor to form pentose sugars
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pentose phosphate pathway.
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