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. 2009 Jan 30;191(7):2112–2121. doi: 10.1128/JB.01523-08

TABLE 3.

Intracellular metabolite concentrations and Gibbs energies of transhydrogenase reactions

Organism Concna (μM) of:
NAD+/NADP+ ratioa ΔrG′b (kJ mol−1) for:
Glucose-6P 6P-gluconate NADP+ NAD+ NADPH NADH mTH sTH
A. tumefaciens 522 ± 89 57 ± 6 203 ± 26 475 ± 20 138 ± 37 224 ± 26 2.34 ± 0.32 −8.01-−32.20 0.57-−2.21
S. meliloti 548 ± 58 42 ± 1 142 ± 25 392 ± 16 316 ± 238 193 ± 49 2.77 ± 0.50 −3.80-−32.44 0.82-−6.42
P. fluorescens 821 ± 161 150 ± 7 184 ± 22 343 ± 12 152 ± 22 152 ± 122 1.86 ± 0.23 −3.97-−32.33 0.71-−6.25
R. sphaeroides 553 ± 35 86 ± 2 82 ± 20 447 ± 24 33 ± 56 180 ± 25 5.43 ± 1.73 −6.60-−41.34 9.71-−3.62
P. versutus 1048 ± 85 147 ± 19 96 ± 8 421 ± 75 43 ± 13 190 ± 21 4.41 ± 0.87 −8.68-−33.45 1.83-−1.54
B. subtilis 515 ± 117 281 ± 10 154 ± 9 615 ± 44 284 ± 89 245 ± 64 3.98 ± 0.37 −4.71-−29.68 −1.94-−5.51
E. coli 252 ± 46 32 ± 3 204 ± 7 854 ± 59 202 ± 55 320 ± 69 4.18 ± 0.33 −6.40-−30.78 −0.84-−3.82
a

Data are means ± standard deviations of results from triplicate experiments.

b

ΔrG′, estimated range of Gibbs energies of reaction for membrane-bound transhydrogenase (mTH; from NADH toward NADPH with H+ transfer) and soluble transhydrogenase (sTH; from NADPH toward NADH, energy independent).