Pentose phosphate pathway

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Metabolites

CO2

Formula: CO2 (43.98983)

CAS ID: 124-38-9

Fe2+

Formula: Fe (55.934939)

CAS ID: 15438-31-0

H+

Formula: H (1.0078246)

CAS ID: 12408-02-5

H2O

Formula: H2O (18.0105642)

CAS ID: 7732-18-5

Magnesium cation

Formula: Mg (23.98505)

CAS ID: 22537-22-0

NADPH(4-)

Formula: C21H26N7O17P3 (741.0598016)

CAS ID: 53-57-6

ATP(4-)

Formula: C10H12N5O13P3 (502.9644492)

CAS ID:

NADP(3-)

Formula: C21H25N7O17P3 (740.051977)

CAS ID: 53-59-8



Enzyme

EC Number name full name note
1.1.1.44 phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (NADP+-dependent, decarboxylating) 6-phospho-D-gluconate:NADP+ 2-oxidoreductase (decarboxylating)
1.1.1.49 glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (NADP+) D-glucose-6-phosphate:NADP+ 1-oxidoreductase
2.2.1.2 transaldolase sedoheptulose-7-phosphate:D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate glyceronetransferase
2.7.6.1 ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase ATP:D-ribose-5-phosphate diphosphotransferase
3.1.1.31 6-phosphogluconolactonase 6-phospho-D-glucono-1,5-lactone lactonohydrolase
5.3.1.6 ribose-5-phosphate isomerase D-ribose-5-phosphate aldose-ketose-isomerase
5.4.2.2 phosphoglucomutase (alpha-D-glucose-1,6-bisphosphate-dependent) alpha-D-glucose 1,6-phosphomutase


Proteins

Protein ID name full name