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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochem Eng J. 2008 May;40(1):157–174. doi: 10.1016/j.bej.2007.12.003

Table 2.

Metabolite concentrations of external xylose and of the internal (dependent) variables of the pentose phosphate pathway in Zymomonas mobilis.

Metabolite Symbol Symbol in Model Concentration (μm) Reference
Pentose-phosphate pool consisting of Ri5P, Xy5P, and Ru5P P5P X1 113.6 [1]
Sedoheptulose 7-phosphate S7P X2 3609 [1]
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate GAP X3 0.97 [1]
Erythrose 4-phosphate E4P X4 5.68 [1]
Fructose-6-phosphate F6P X5 30.31 [1]
6-Phosphogluconate (3) G6P X6 0.19 [1]
Xylose Xyl X7 29509 (*) [1]
466000 [2]
1

[36]

2

[38]

3

Glucose-6-phosphate is first converted into 6-phosphogluconate and then degraded by 6- phosphogluconate dehydrogenase to form Ru5P and CO2

(*)

value used in the model