Pentose Phosphate Pathway (later stages)

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The overall reaction here, ignoring other uses of the intermediates, is:

2 ribose 5-phosphate + 4 xylulose 5-phosphate + H2O = 5 fructose 6-phosphate + phosphate

For the net reaction of both early and late stages of the pentose phosphate pathway click here.

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EC 2.2.1.1 transketolase (mechanism)
EC 2.2.1.2 transaldolase (mechanism)
EC 3.1.3.11 fructose-bisphosphatase
EC 4.1.2.13 fructose-bisphosphate aldolase
EC 5.3.1.1 triose-phosphate isomerase
EC 5.3.1.9 glucose-6-phosphate isomerase