Rule symbols paired with the conversions the rules make on 1-complexes or 2-complexes of sugar-monophosphates.

Legend: AlKe (aldose-ketose); KeAl (ketose-aldose); TAL (transaldolase); TKL (transketolase); AL (aldolase); PHL (phosphohydrolase). In the fifth line, TAL ∘ TKL indicates function composition: the output of a TKL reaction is input to the TAL reaction. In the sixth line, AlKe ⊕ KeAl indicates parallel application, AlKe on input An and KeAl on input Kn+1.