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. 2020 Feb 27;11:1098. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14830-y

Fig. 3. Complete pathway analysis.

Fig. 3

The complete pathway analysis (one-pot cascade) with all enzymes present at t = 0 min. Metabolite concentrations were determined using NMR and the experiments were simulated with a detailed mathematical model (see Supplementary Note 1 for the model description). The results for the reference state incubation (without NAD+ recycling) and the effect of NAD+ recycling using LDH and pyruvate is shown for the reference state in  a and b, respectively. In c, the XLA was not added to the incubation, to test whether the non-enzymatic conversion of d-xylonolactone to d-xylonate limits the overall pathway flux, and in d the relative enzyme concentrations were changed (with the same total enzyme concentrations) based on model simulations for the optimal conversion, i.e., highest conversion efficiency to α-ketoglutarate. The number of independent experiments equals n = 2 (Fig. 3a, b and c) using two independent isolates for all panels. In the experiment of d, enzyme preparations from two independent enzyme expressions and purifications were used either as fresh enzymes (duplicate) or as stored enzymes with reduced activity (at adapted concentrations, see Supplementary Note 1 and Supplementary Table 9) (n = 3). Error bars represent the SEM for the independent experiments and the shaded bands indicate the simulation confidence showing the solution space for the model simulations with a 10% error margin for the parameters. For abbreviations, see Fig. 1; LAC, lactate. Source data are provided as a Source Data file. It also can be accessed via the following DOI and SED-ML: Fig. 3a: 10.15490/FAIRDOMHUB.1.ASSAY.987.2 or https://jjj.bio.vu.nl/models/experiments/shen2020_fig3a/simulate; Fig. 3b: 10.15490/FAIRDOMHUB.1.ASSAY.989.2 or https://jjj.bio.vu.nl/models/experiments/shen2020_fig3b/simulate; Fig. 3c: 10.15490/FAIRDOMHUB.1.ASSAY.988.2 or https://jjj.bio.vu.nl/models/experiments/shen2020_fig3c/simulate; Fig. 3d: 10.15490/FAIRDOMHUB.1.ASSAY.991.2 or https://jjj.bio.vu.nl/models/experiments/shen2020_fig3d/simulate.