Fig. 1
From: Glucose- and glutamine-driven de novo nucleotide synthesis facilitates WSSV replication in shrimp
Simplified schematic of de novo nucleotide synthesis. de novo nucleotide synthesis can be divided into the pentose phosphate pathway (blue area), the purine synthesis pathway (green area), and the pyrimidine synthesis pathway (orange area). The pentose sugar backbone of nucleic acids is derived from glucose entering glycolysis (gray area), while glutamine contributes to the synthesis of nitrogenous bases in nucleotides