Pentose Phosphate Pathway

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Across
  1. 2. Abbreviation for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, key regulatory enzyme for the pathway.
  2. 4. reduced coenzyme produced by the pentose phosphate pathway and used in reductive biosynthesis.
  3. 5. 5-carbon sugar required for DNA and nucleotide synthesis.
Down
  1. 1. The irreversible phase of the pentose phosphate pathway that generates NADPH and CO2.
  2. 3. Antioxidant molecule maintained in its reduced form by NADPH in erythrocytes.