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. 1993 Dec 1;296(Pt 2):379–387. doi: 10.1042/bj2960379

13C n.m.r. isotopomer and computer-simulation studies of the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway of human erythrocytes.

H A Berthon 1, W A Bubb 1, P W Kuchel 1
PMCID: PMC1137707  PMID: 8257428

Abstract

13C double-quantum filtered correlation spectroscopy (DQF-COSY) provides a novel method for the detection of reactions involving carbon-bond scissions. We report the use of this technique to investigate isotopic exchange reactions of the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway in human erythrocytes. These exchange reactions resulted in the formation of a range of isotopic isomers (isotopomers) of glucose 6-phosphate after incubation of a mixture of universally 13C-labelled and unlabelled glucose 6-phosphate with fructose 1,6-bisphosphate and haemolysates. These isotopomers were detected in the coupling patterns of cross-peaks within the DQF-COSY spectrum of the deproteinized sample. A computer model which fully describes the reactions of the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway in human erythrocytes has previously been constructed and tested with 31P n.m.r. time-course data in our laboratory. This model was refined using 13C n.m.r. time-course data and extended to include the range of isotopomers which may be formed experimentally by the reactions of the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway. The isotopomer ratios obtained experimentally from the DQF-COSY spectrum were consistent with simulations generated by this model.

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