Entner-Doudoroff pathway

noun

A metabolic pathway in bacteria etc. involving a glucose substrate that, through a series of enzyme-assisted chemical reactions, is catabolized into pyruvate.

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nounEntner-Doudoroff pathway (plural Entner-Doudoroff pathways)

plural Entner-Doudoroff pathways

  1. A metabolic pathway in bacteria etc. involving a glucose substrate that, through a series of enzyme-assisted chemical reactions, is catabolized into pyruvate.
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