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. 2012 Apr 4;32(8):1472–1483. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2012.31

Table 1. List of the reactions and transports across compartments included in the model.

Reactions in cytosol Reactions in mitochondria
GLC+ATP → G6P+ADP AKG+NH4+NADH → GLU+NAD+
G6P+ATP → 2 × GA3P+ADP OAA+GLU → Asp+AKG(MAS)
GA3P+Pi+NAD+ → BPG+NADH AKG+NH4+NADH → GLU+NAD+
BPG+2 × ADP → PYR+2 × ATP PYR+CO2+ATP → OAA+ADP+Pia
PYR+NADH → LAC+NAD+ ACoA+OAA → CIT+CoA
ATP → ADP+Pi CIT+NAD+ → αKG+NADH+CO2
OAA+NADH → MAL+NAD+(MAS) αKG+CoA+NAD+ → SCoA+NADH+CO2
Asp+αKG → OAA+Glu(MAS) SCoA+Pi+ADP → SUC+CoA+ATP
MAL+NADP → PYR+CO2a SUC+NAD+ → FUM+NADH
GLUPacked → GLUa FUM → MAL
GLU+NH4+ATP → Gln+ADP+Pia MAL+NAD+ → OAA+NADH
GLU+25 × ATP → GLUPacked+25 × ADP+25 × Pib GABAPacked → GABA
Gln → GLU+NH4b GABA+αKG → SSA+GLU
GABApacked → GABAa SSA+NAD+ → SUC+NADH
GABA+7.8 × ATP → GABAPacked+7.8 × ADP+7.8 × Pic PYR+CO2+NADH → MAL+NAD+b,c
  O2+6 × ADP+6 × Pi+2 × NADH → 6 × ATP+2 × NAD+
   
Multicompartment reactions
 MAL → αKGa,b,c αKG → MALa,b,c
 GLU → Aspa,b,c Asp → GLUa,b,c
   
Transports
 Blood to ECS ECS to blood
  GLC  LAC
  O2  CO2
  Asp  Asp
  NH4  NH4
   
 ECS to cytosol Cytosol to ECS
  GLC  CO2
  O2  LAC
  LAC  Asp
  Asp  GLUb
  GLUa  GABAc
  GABAa  Glna
  NH4  NH4
   
 Cytosol to mitochondria Mitochondria to cytosol
  PYR  ATP
  ADP  CO2
  Pi  MAL
  O2  
  NH4  

ACoA, acetyl-coenzyme A; ADP, adenosine diphosphate; αKG, alpha ketoglutarate; Asp, aspartate; ATP, adenosine triphosphate; BPG, bisphosphoglycerate; CIT, citrate; CoA, coenzyme A; CO2, carbon dioxide; FUM, fumarate; GABA, gamma aminobutyric acid; GA3P, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate; GLC, glucose; Gln, glutamine; GLU, glutamate, G6P, glucose 6-phosphate; LAC, lactate; MAL, malate; NADH, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced form); NAD+, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; NH4, ammonium; OAA, oxaloacetate; O2, oxygen; Pi, inorganic phosphate; SCoA, succinol coenzyme A; SSA, succinic semialdehyde; SUC, succinate; ECS, extracellular space.

a

In astrocyte.

b

In glutamatergic neuron.

c

In GABAergic neuron.

(MAS) Part of malate-aspartate shuttle.