Question

The hexose monophosphate shunt is also called as

• A. EMP Pathway
• B. HMP shunt
• C. TCA pathway
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is B HMP shunt

• Hexose Monophosphate Pathway shunt or pentose phosphate pathway has a unique feature that it produces either NADPH or ribose or both for the nucleic acid biosynthesis and direction of flow of metabolites depends on the end product.

So the correct option is 'HMP shunt'