- In chemistry, a
pentose is a
monosaccharide (simple sugar) with five
carbon atoms. The
chemical formula of many
pentoses is C 5H 10O 5, and
their molecular...
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generates NADPH and
pentoses (5-carbon sugars) as well as
ribose 5-phosphate, a
precursor for the
synthesis of nucleotides.
While the
pentose phosphate pathway...
- one G3P as the
product of
fixation of 3 CO 2, with
generation of
three pentoses that can be
converted to Ru5P.[citation needed] R5P is
converted into...
- Bial's test is a
chemical test for the
presence of
pentoses originally developed for the
diagnosis of Pentosuria. It is
named after Manfred Bial, a German...
- from
hexoses are
known as
hexuronic acids and
uronic acids derived from
pentoses are
known as
penturonic acids. Some of
these compounds have
important biochemical...
- the
pentose phosphate pathway, by glucose-6-phosphate
dehydrogenase (G6PDH) in the
first step. The
pentose phosphate pathway also
produces pentose, another...
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cycle The
pentose phosphate pathway gets its name
because it
involves several intermediates that are
phosphorylated five-carbon
sugars (
pentoses). This pathway...
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carbon atom from the end: Trioses:
dihydroxyacetone Tetroses:
erythrulose Pentoses: ribulose,
xylulose Hexoses: fructose, psicose, sorbose,
tagatose Heptoses:...
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express pyruvate formate lyase, and most
species do not
ferment pentoses. In L. crispatus,
pentose metabolism is
strain specific and
acquired by
lateral gene...
- are
called trioses,
those with four are
called tetroses, five are
called pentoses, six are hexoses, and so on.
These two
systems of
classification are often...
