An enzyme used in pentose phosphate pathway is

RUBP.

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Aldolase.

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Pyruvate kinase.

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Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase.

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Solution

The correct option is D Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase.
In the pentose phosphate pathway 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD) is an enzyme that produces NADPH by converting 6-phosphogluconate to ribulose 5-phosphate. NADPH is used for lipid production. Thus the correct answer is option D.

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Column-I	Column-II Site of pathway
(A) Fatty acid oxidation	(p) Cytoplasm
(B) Pyruvate oxidation	(q) Mitochondrial matrix
(C) Fatty acid synthesis	(r) Mitochondrial inner membrane
(D) Pentose phosphate pathway	(s) Glyoxysome