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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Metab Eng. 2011 Dec 19;14(2):162–171. doi: 10.1016/j.ymben.2011.12.004

Table 2.

List of reactions and atom transitions for the A549 carcinoma model.

Metabolic reaction network and carbon atom transitions used for flux determination and modeling
Measured fluxes
Gluc.x (abcdef)→G6P (abcdef)
Lac (abc)→Lac.x (abc)
Gln.x (abcde)→Gln (abcde)
Glu (abcde)→Glu.x (abcde)
0.18 Asp+0.23 Glu+0.17 Ser+0.11 Gly+0.15 Ala+0.16 Gln→Biomass
Glycolysis
G6P (abcdef)↔F6P (abcdef)
F6P (abcdef)→DHAP (cba)+GAP (def)
DHAP (abc)↔GAP (abc)
GAP (abc)↔3PG (abc)
3PG (abc)→Pyr.c (abc)
Pyr.c (abc)↔Lac (abc)
Pyr.c (abc)↔Pyr.m (abc)
Glycerol synthesis
DHAP (abc)↔GLP (abc)
GLP (abc)→GLP.x (abc)
Pentose phosphate pathway
G6P (abcdef)→P5P (bcdef)+CO2 (a)
P5P (abcde)+P5P (fghij)↔S7P (abfghij)+GAP (cde)
S7P (abcdefg)+GAP (hij)↔F6P (abchij)+E4P (defg)
P5P (abcde)+E4P (fghi)↔F6P (abfghi)+GAP (cde)
Anaplerotic fluxes
Pyr.m (abc)+CO2 (d)→OAA (abcd)
Mal (abcd)↔Pyr.m (abc)+CO2 (d)
TCA Cycle
Pyr.m (abc)→AcCoA.m (bc)+CO2 (a)
AcCoA.m (ab)+OAA (cdef)→Cit (fedbac)
Cit (abcdef)↔AKG (abcde)+CO2 (f)
AKG (abcde)→Suc (bcde)+CO2 (a)
Suc (abcd)↔Fum (abcd)
Fum (abcd)↔Mal (abcd)
Mal (abcd)↔OAA (abcd)
Fatty acid synthesis
Cit (abcdef)→AcCoA.c (ed)+OAA (fcba)
AcCoA.c (ab)→FA (ab)
Amino acid biosynthesis
Pyr.m (abc)+Glu (defgh)→Ala (abc)+AKG (defgh)
OAA (abcd)+Glu (efghi)→Asp (abcd)+AKG (efghi)
3PG (abc)+Glu (defgh)→Ser (abc)+AKG (defgh)
Ser (abc)↔Gly (ab)+MEETHF (c)
Glutamine anaplerosis
Gln (abcde)→Glu (abcde)
Glu (abcde)↔AKG (abcde)
Biomass production
P5P (abcde)→NTP (abcde)
MEETHF (a)→MEETHF.x (a)
Dilution fluxes/compartmentalization
Gly.p (ab)→Gly (ab)
Ser.p (abc)→Ser (abc)
P5P.dil (abcde)→P5P.mnt (abcde)
0 P5P (abcde)→P5P.mnt (abcde)
GLP.dil (abc)→GLP.mnt (abc)
0 GLP (abc)→GLP.mnt (abc)
Suc.dil (abcd)→Suc.mnt (abcd)
0 Suc (abcd)→Suc.mnt (abcd)
0 Pyr.c (abc)→Pyr.mnt (abc)
0 Pyr.m (abc)→Pyr.mnt (abc)

Suffixes indicate localization to a specific compartment: .x, extracellular; .c, cytosolic; .m, mitochondrial; .p, protein; .d, dilution; .mnt, measurement. Dilution and measurement compartments do not partake in central metabolism. Metabolites lacking a suffix are assumed to be equilibrated between compartments.→indicates irreversible reactions while↔indicates reversible reactions.