Ribose phosphate is a product in which of the following pathway:: (A) Lactic acid cycle, (B) Citric acid cycle, (C) Pentose phosphate pathway, (D) None of the above
Answer is C. The pentose phosphate pathway (hexose monophosphate shunt) is a more complex pathway than glycolysis. Three molecules of glucose 6-phosphate give rise to three molecules of CO2 and three 5-carbon sugars.. Ref: Harper 28th edition, chapter 21.