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Interpretation: To determine the compound that contains the lost carbon atom from glucose (a hexose) in its conversion to ribose (a pentose).
Concept introduction: The pentose phosphate pathway is defined as the
Pentose phosphate pathway is a two-stage metabolic pathway. The first stage of phosphate pentose pathway is the oxidative stage and the second stage is a non-oxidative stage.
Hexose is a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms and pentose is a monosacchride that contains five carbon atoms.
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