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  1. Title:First purpose of pentose phosphate pathway
    Content:The electrons are removed (by being loaded onto NADH or FADH2) in glycolysis, pyruvate dehydrogenase and TCA.
  2. Title:The electrons are sent...
    Content:This is where we finally take the energy away from the electrons and convert it into ATP.
  3. Title:Sometimes, however...
    Content:If we were plants, we would use photosynthesis to kick electrons up into higher energy orbits.
  4. Title:But we are not plants.
    Content: …so we have to sequester the high-energy electrons that we have in our dietary glucose.


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