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erythrose

A four-carbon aldose sugar. In the phos-phorylated form, erythrose 4-phosphate, it is an intermediate in the Calvin cycle. In the shikimic acid pathway, the first reaction step is the joining of erythrose 4-phosphate with phosphoenolpyruvate to form a seven-carbon keto sugar acid.

 
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