The advantage of the pentose phosphate pathway is that it produces all of the following EXCEPT
A) precursors for the synthesis of glucose.
B) NADPH.
C) three ATPs.
D) precursors for the synthesis of amino acids.
E) precursors for nucleic acids.

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The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) produces NADPH, which is important for biosynthetic reactions such as fatty acid synthesis and antioxidant production. It also produces precursor molecules for the synthesis of nucleotides and amino acids. However, it only produces two ATP molecules, not three. Therefore, choice C is incorrect.

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