Ribose-5-Phosphate

Ribose-5-phosphate is a pentose phosphate pathway intermediate produced by phosphopentose isomerase-catalyzed rearrangement of ribulose-5-phosphate.

Ribose-5-phosphate is an intermediate in the Calvin cycle and in synthesis of 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate, an intermediate in nucleotide biosynthesis.

See also: Pentose Phosphate Pathway, Pentose Phosphate Pathway Intermediate, Phosphopentose Isomerase, The Importance of PRPP

INTERNET LINKS:

1. Pentose Phosphate Pathway

2. Carbon Fixation