HMP SHUNT PATHWAY-Quick Revision Notes

HMP SHUNT PATHWAY

📌 QUICK REVISION NOTES

➡️The HMP (Hexose Monophosphate Pathway) Shunt, also known as the

🔺Pentose Phosphate Pathway or

🔺Phosphogluconate Pathway, is a biochemical pathway that serves as an alternative metabolic pathway for glucose.

💡The First Phase is Oxidative and Irreversible.
🔹Glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) is converted via a series of steps into Ribulose-5-phosphate.