Oxidative Degradation of 1 C Atom Hexose-pentose Transition

Oxidative Degradation of 1 C Atom (Hexose-pentose Transition) 

If the aldehyde function of a sugar is oxidized instead of its HO-C H2 group, a lactone is first obtained which can be converted to an 

This transition takes place with the formation of NADPH + which can be used by the cell for synthetic purposes. This is not the main reason why the conversion of glucose-6-phosphate into ribulose-5-phosphate interests us, but because it forms the beginning of the pentose phosphate cycle. 

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