NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -The hexose monophosphate shunt (HMP) is also called the pentose phosphate pathway. It occurs in the cytoplasm and is a major source of NADPH and 5-carbon sugars. The HMP consists of two irreversible oxidative reactions and a series of reversible sugar-phosphate conversions. No ATP is consumed or produced directly.

Detailed explanation-2: -Features of the HMP Shunt It is an anabolic pathway that takes place in the cytosol for most organisms. However, in plants, it takes place in plastids. The pathway takes place in two distinct phases: oxidative and non-oxidative phases. The reactions of this pathway are enzyme catalysed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dietary pentose sugars derived from the digestion of nucleic acids may be metabolized through the pentose phosphate pathway, and the carbon skeletons of dietary carbohydrates may be converted into glycolytic/gluconeogenic intermediates. In mammals, the PPP occurs exclusively in the cytoplasm.