pentose phosphate pathway Archives - Online Biology Notes A Complete notes for Students Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:44:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Difference between glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway https://www.onlinebiologynotes.com/difference-glycolysis-pentose-phosphate-pathway/ https://www.onlinebiologynotes.com/difference-glycolysis-pentose-phosphate-pathway/#comments Wed, 06 Sep 2017 03:47:50 +0000 http://www.onlinebiologynotes.com/?p=714 Difference between glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway Characteristics Glycolysis Pentose phosphate pathway Types of pathway   Major energy yielding pathway for carbohydrate metabolism   Biosynthetic [...]

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Characteristics

Glycolysis

Pentose phosphate pathway
Types of pathway  

Major energy yielding pathway for carbohydrate metabolism

  

Biosynthetic pathway to generates precursors for biosynthesis
End product  

Pyruvic acid (aerobic), lactic acid (anaerobic)

 Various intermediate precursors
Generation of energy rich molecule  

 

NADH (which enters into Electron transport chain and generates 3 ATP)

  

NADPH (it is a reducing agent in biosynthesis)
 

NADPH

  

absent

  

present
Sugar intermediates generated Triose (glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, pyruvate) Hexose (glucose, fructose)  

 

Triose (glyceraldehyde 3-phospahte)

Tetrose (erythrose)

Pentose (ribose, xylulose, ribulose)

Hexose (glucose, fructose) and

Heptose (sedoheptulose)
Further metabolism End product of glycolysis enter into TCA cycle  

End product of pentose phosphate pathway enter into glycolysis. So it is a shunt of glycolysis

Difference between glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway

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