Match the following.
-pentose phosphate pathway

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The pentose phosphate pathway is also known as the hexose monophosphate shunt. It is a metabolic pathway that converts glucose-6-phosphate into carbohydrate molecules containing phosphate groups and five carbon atoms. This pathway is important for generating NADPH (reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) for biosynthetic reactions and for producing ribose-5-phosphate for nucleotide synthesis.

Note: Option E is incorrect because the conversion of glucose into pyruvate is a part of glycolysis and not the pentose phosphate pathway.

Match the Following. -Pentose Phosphate Pathway