Consider a glucose molecule that begins undergoing glycolysis. If the cell needs to make nucleotides instead of ATP, which intermediate in the glycolysis pathway can be shunted into a pathway that produces nucleotide precursors?

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Consider a glucose molecule that begins undergoing glycolysis. If the cell needs to make nucleotides instead of ATP, which intermediate in the glycolysis pathway can be shunted into a pathway that produces nucleotide precursors? 

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