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STUDIES of the oxidation of glucose-6-phosphate and 6-phosphogluconate by extracts of many types of cells have indicated the existence of an oxidative pathway leading through pentose phosphate to triose phosphate, in addition to the anaerobic steps of the Embden–Meyerhof scheme. We have recently obtained an indication of the potential importance of the oxidative pathway in the economy of the cell from a study of gluconate utilization in Escherichia coli, strain B.
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COHEN, S., McNAIR SCOTT, D. Gluconokinase and the Oxidative Path for Glucose-6-Phosphate Utilization. Nature 166, 781–782 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166781b0
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