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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurochem Int. 2007 Oct 2;52(4-5):809–825. doi: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.09.015

Table 4.

Relative Process Rates for Proposed Alternative Cycles for Glutamate Trafficking

Process Cycle for Functional Glutamate Trafficking
GGOC GGMC GGCC
PN A PN A PN A
cGS N/A 1/2 N/A 1/2 N/A 1/2
cPAG 1/2 N/A 1/2 N/A 1/2 N/A
cN 1/2 −1/2 1/2 −1/2 1/2 −1/2
cBCAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
cALAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
mGDH −1/2 1/2 −1/2 1/2 −1/2 1/2
mN −1/2 1/2 −1/2 1/2 −1/2 1/2
mPDH 1/2 0 1/2 0 0 1/2
mCS 1/2 0 1/2 0 0 1/2
mAH 1/2 0 1/2 0 1/2 0
mIDH 1/2 0 1/2 0 1/2 0
mOGDH 1/2 0 0 1/2 0 1/2
mSCS 1/2 0 0 1/2 0 1/2
mSDH 1/2 0 0 1/2 0 1/2
mFH 1/2 0 0 1/2 0 1/2
mMDH 1/2 0 1/2 0 0 1/2
mNDK 1/2 0 0 1/2 0 1/2
pmGLAST(Glu) N/A 1 N/A 1 N/A 1
pmSNAT3(Gln) N/A 1/2 N/A 1/2 N/A 1/2
pmSNAT1(Gln) −1/2 N/A −1/2 N/A −1/2 N/A
pmGLUT(Gluc) 1/4 0 1/4 0 0 1/4
pmNaCT(OG) −1/2 1/2 0 0 0 0
pmNaCT(Mal) 0 0 −1/2 1/2 0 0
pmNaCT(Cit) 0 0 0 0 −1/2 1/2
pmNHE −1 1 1/2 −1 1 1/2 −1 1/2 2
pmKCNK 1 1/3 1 1/3 2/3 2/3
mmGC −1/2 1/2 −1/2 1/2 −1/2 1/2
mmMCT(Pyr) 1/2 0 1/2 0 0 1/2
mmPiC 6 3/4 5/8 4 1/4 3 1/8 5/8 6 3/4
mmAAC 6 1/4 1 1/8 3 3/4 3 5/8 1/8 7 1/4
mmOGC −1/2 1/2 0 0 0 0
mmCIC 0 0 0 0 −1/2 1/2
mmDIC 1/2 −1/2 1/2 −1/2 1/2 −1/2
cG 1/4 0 1/4 0 0 1/4
MAS 1/2 0 1/2 0 0 1/2
ET1 2 1/2 1 1/2 1 0 2 1/2
ET2 1/2 0 0 1/2 0 1/2
mmATPase 5 3/4 1 1/8 3 3/4 3 1/8 1/8 6 3/4
pmNaKATPase 1/2 2/3 1/2 2/3 1/3 5/6
pmExoATPase 1 N/A 1 N/A 1 N/A
cATPase 4 1/4 −1/24 1 3/4 2 11/24 −2 5/24 6 5/12

Prefixes: cytosolic (c), mitochondrial (m), plasma membrane (pm), and mitochondrial membrane (mm).