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. 2017 Dec 21;12(12):e0189822. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189822

Table 2. The chemical reactions of muscle phosphagen and glycolytic energy systems*.

Reaction Enzyme ΔH+
Phosphagen System
HCrP + ADP + H+ ↔ Cr + ATP Creatine kinase +1
ADP + ADP ↔ ATP + AMP Adenylate kinase 0
AMP + H+ ↔ IMP + NH4 AMP deaminase +1
ATP + H2O ↔ ADP + Pi +H+ ATPase -1
Glycogenolysis
Glycogen(n) + HP ↔ Glycogen(n-1) + G1P Phosphorylase 0
G1P ↔ G6P Phosphogluco mutase 0
Glycolysis
Glucose + ATP ↔ G6P + ADP + H+ Hexokinase -1
G6P ↔ F6P Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase 0
F6P + ATP ↔ F1,6P + ADP + H+ Phosphofructokinase -1
F1,6P ↔ DHP + G3P Aldolase 0
DHP ↔ G3P Triosephosphate Isomerase 0
G3P + HPi + NAD+ ↔ 1,3BPG + NADH + H+ Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase -1
1,3BPG + ADP ↔ 3PG + ATP Phosphoglycerate kinase 0
3PG ↔ 2PG Phosphoglycerate mutase 0
2PG + ADP ↔ PEP Enolase 0
PEP + ADP + H+ ↔ Pyr + ATP Pyruvate kinase +1
Lactate Production
Pyr + NADH + H+ ↔ La + NAD+ Lactate dehydrogenase +1

* ΔH+ = reference proton load value prior to adjustment for partial ionization (-’ve = proton release, +‘ve = proton consumption); See Table 1 for metabolite abbreviation definitions.