Chapter 24.8, Problem 1QQ

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: To determine the major purpose of the first stage of the pentose phosphate pathway.

Concept introduction: The pentose phosphate pathway is defined as themetabolic pathway in which NADPH, $\text{ribose 5}-\text{phosphate}$, and other sugar phosphates are produced from $\text{glucose 6}-\text{phosphate}$.

Pentose phosphate pathway is a two-stage metabolic pathway. The first stage of phosphate pentose pathway is an oxidative stage and the second stage is a non-oxidative stage.