Entry
Name
Pentose phosphate pathway
Description
The pentose phosphate pathway is a process of glucose turnover that produces NADPH as reducing equivalents and pentoses as essential parts of nucleotides. There are two different phases in the pathway. One is irreversible oxidative phase in which glucose-6P is converted to ribulose-5P by oxidative decarboxylation, and NADPH is generated [MD:
M00006 ]. The other is reversible non-oxidative phase in which phosphorylated sugars are interconverted to generate xylulose-5P, ribulose-5P, and ribose-5P [MD:
M00007 ]. Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP) formed from ribose-5P [MD:
M00005 ] is an activated compound used in the biosynthesis of histidine and purine/pyrimidine nucleotides. This pathway map also shows the Entner-Doudoroff pathway where 6-P-gluconate is dehydrated and then cleaved into pyruvate and glyceraldehyde-3P [MD:
M00008 ].
Class
Metabolism; Carbohydrate metabolism
Pathway map
Ortholog table
Module
M00004 Pentose phosphate pathway (Pentose phosphate cycle) [PATH:rn00030 ]
M00006 Pentose phosphate pathway, oxidative phase, glucose 6P => ribulose 5P [PATH:rn00030 ]
M00007 Pentose phosphate pathway, non-oxidative phase, fructose 6P => ribose 5P [PATH:rn00030 ]
M00008 Entner-Doudoroff pathway, glucose-6P => glyceraldehyde-3P + pyruvate [PATH:rn00030 ]
M00061 D-Glucuronate degradation, D-glucuronate => pyruvate + D-glyceraldehyde 3P [PATH:rn00030 ]
M00308 Semi-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway, gluconate => glycerate-3P [PATH:rn00030 ]
M00309 Non-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway, gluconate/galactonate => glycerate [PATH:rn00030 ]
M00345 Formaldehyde assimilation, ribulose monophosphate pathway [PATH:rn00030 ]
M00580 Pentose phosphate pathway, archaea, fructose 6P => ribose 5P [PATH:rn00030 ]
M00631 D-Galacturonate degradation (bacteria), D-galacturonate => pyruvate + D-glyceraldehyde 3P [PATH:rn00030 ]
M00633 Semi-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway, gluconate/galactonate => glycerate-3P [PATH:rn00030 ]
M00968 Pentose bisphosphate pathway (nucleoside degradation), archaea, nucleoside/NMP => 3-PGA/glycerone phosphate [PATH:rn00030 ]
Other DBs
Reaction
R00305 D-glucose:quinone 1-oxidoreductase
R01049 ATP:D-ribose-5-phosphate diphosphotransferase
R01051 ATP:D-ribose 5-phosphotransferase
R01056 D-ribose-5-phosphate aldose-ketose-isomerase
R01057 D-Ribose 1,5-phosphomutase
R01058 D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate:NADP+ oxidoreductase
R01066 2-deoxy-D-ribose-5-phosphate acetaldehyde-lyase (D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-forming)
R01070 beta-D-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-lyase (glycerone-phosphate-forming)
R01519 D-Glucono-1,5-lactone lactonohydrolase
R01520 beta-D-Glucose:NAD+ 1-oxoreductase
R01521 beta-D-Glucose:NADP+ 1-oxoreductase
R01522 beta-D-glucose:oxygen 1-oxidoreductase
R01528 6-phospho-D-gluconate:NADP+ 2-oxidoreductase (decarboxylating)
R01529 D-Ribulose-5-phosphate 3-epimerase
R01538 D-gluconate hydro-lyase (2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconate-forming)
R01541 ATP:2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconate 6-phosphotransferase
R01544 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-gluconate ammonia-lyase (isomerizing; 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconate-forming)
R01621 D-xylulose 5-phosphate D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-lyase (adding phosphate; acetyl-phosphate-forming)
R01641 sedoheptulose-7-phosphate:D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate glycolaldehyde transferase
R01737 ATP:D-gluconate 6-phosphotransferase
R01739 D-gluconate:NADP+ 2-oxidoreductase
R01741 D-Gluconate:(acceptor) 2-oxidoreductase
R01827 sedoheptulose-7-phosphate:D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate glyceronetransferase
R01830 beta-D-Fructose 6-phosphate:D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate glycolaldehyde transferase
R02032 6-Phospho-2-dehydro-D-gluconate:NAD+ 2-oxidoreductase
R02034 6-phospho-D-gluconate:NADP+ 2-oxidoreductase
R02035 6-Phospho-D-glucono-1,5-lactone lactonohydrolase
R02036 6-Phospho-D-gluconate hydro-lyase(2-dehydro-3-deoxy-6-phospho-D-gluconate-forming)
R02073 diphosphate:beta-D-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase
R02658 ATP:2-dehydro-D-gluconate 6-phosphate
R02736 beta-D-glucose-6-phosphate:NADP+ 1-oxoreductase
R02739 alpha-D-Glucose 6-phosphate ketol-isomerase
R02740 alpha-D-Glucose 6-phosphate ketol-isomerase
R02749 2-deoxy-D-ribose 1-phosphate 1,5-phosphomutase
R02750 ATP:2-deoxy-D-ribose 5-phosphotransferase
R04779 ATP:D-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase
R04780 beta-D-Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate 1-phosphohydrolase
R05338 D-arabino-hex-3-ulose-6-phosphate formaldehyde-lyase (D-ribulose-5-phosphate-forming)
R05605 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-6-phospho-D-gluconate D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-lyase (pyruvate-forming)
R06620 D-glucose:ubiquinone oxidoreductase
R06836 ATP:ribose-1,5-bisphosphate phosphotransferase
R07147 D-glucose:NADP+ 1-oxidoreductase
R08570 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconate D-glyceraldehyde-lyase (pyruvate-forming)
R08571 glyceraldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase
R08572 ATP:(R)-glycerate 2-phosphotransferase
R09084 ADP:D-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase
R09780 D-arabino-hex-3-ulose-6-phosphate isomerase
R10221 6-phospho-D-gluconate:NAD+ 2-oxidoreductase (decarboxylating)
R10324 D-glyceraldehyde:acceptor oxidoreductase (FAD-containing)
R10408 D-glucosaminate-6-phosphate ammonia-lyase
R10555 alpha-D-ribose 1,5-bisphosphate aldose-ketose-isomerase
R10615 D-glyceraldehyde:NADP+ oxidoreductase
R10860 D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate:NAD+ oxidoreductase
R10907 beta-D-glucose-6-phosphate:NAD+ 1-oxidoreductase
R11535 ADP:alpha-D-ribose-1-phosphate 5-phosphotransferase
R13089 alpha-D-ribose-1-phosphate 5-kinase (ATP)
Compound
C00118 D-Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
C00119 5-Phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate
C00204 2-Dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconate
C00279 D-Erythrose 4-phosphate
C00620 alpha-D-Ribose 1-phosphate
C00668 alpha-D-Glucose 6-phosphate
C00672 2-Deoxy-D-ribose 1-phosphate
C00673 2-Deoxy-D-ribose 5-phosphate
C01151 D-Ribose 1,5-bisphosphate
C01172 beta-D-Glucose 6-phosphate
C01182 D-Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate
C01218 6-Phospho-2-dehydro-D-gluconate
C01236 D-Glucono-1,5-lactone 6-phosphate
C03752 2-Amino-2-deoxy-D-gluconate
C04442 2-Dehydro-3-deoxy-6-phospho-D-gluconate
C05345 beta-D-Fructose 6-phosphate
C05378 beta-D-Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate
C05382 Sedoheptulose 7-phosphate
C06019 D-arabino-Hex-3-ulose 6-phosphate
C20589 D-Glucosaminate-6-phosphate
Reference
Authors
Nishizuka Y (ed).
Title
[Metabolic Maps] (In Japanese)
Journal
Tokyo Kagaku Dojin (1980)
Reference
Authors
Nishizuka Y, Seyama Y, Ikai A, Ishimura Y, Kawaguchi A (eds).
Title
[Cellular Functions and Metabolic Maps] (In Japanese)
Journal
Tokyo Kagaku Dojin (1997)
Reference
Authors
Michal G.
Title
Biochemical Pathways
Journal
Wiley (1999)
Reference
Authors
Hove-Jensen B, Rosenkrantz TJ, Haldimann A, Wanner BL.
Title
Escherichia coli phnN, encoding ribose 1,5-bisphosphokinase activity (phosphoribosyl diphosphate forming): dual role in phosphonate degradation and NAD biosynthesis pathways.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Orita I, Sato T, Yurimoto H, Kato N, Atomi H, Imanaka T, Sakai Y
Title
The ribulose monophosphate pathway substitutes for the missing pentose phosphate pathway in the archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Kato N, Yurimoto H, Thauer RK
Title
The physiological role of the ribulose monophosphate pathway in bacteria and archaea.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Kouril T, Wieloch P, Reimann J, Wagner M, Zaparty M, Albers SV, Schomburg D, Ruoff P, Siebers B
Title
Unraveling the function of the two Entner-Doudoroff branches in the thermoacidophilic Crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus P2.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Reher M, Schonheit P
Title
Glyceraldehyde dehydrogenases from the thermoacidophilic euryarchaeota Picrophilus torridus and Thermoplasma acidophilum, key enzymes of the non-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway, constitute a novel enzyme family within the aldehyde dehydrogenase superfamily.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Reher M, Fuhrer T, Bott M, Schonheit P
Title
The nonphosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway in the thermoacidophilic euryarchaeon Picrophilus torridus involves a novel 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate- specific aldolase.
Journal
Related pathway
rn00010 Glycolysis / Gluconeogenesis
rn00040 Pentose and glucuronate interconversions
rn00630 Glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism
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