pentose phosphate pathway

pentose phosphate pathway noun

1. a sequence of metabolic reactions by which NADPH is synthesized, together with ribose phosphate, part of the synthesis of nucleic acids

pentose phosphate pathway in Medicine pentose phosphate pathway n.

1. A secondary pathway for the metabolism of glucose in tissues other than skeletal muscle, in which five-carbon sugars are synthesized and NADPH is produced in the cytoplasm outside the mitochondria.Dickens shunt