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. 1969 Aug;114(1):19-24.
doi: 10.1042/bj1140019.

The active chemical state of D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate in its reactions with D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, aldolase and triose phosphate isomerase

D R Trentham, C H McMurray, C I Pogson

The active chemical state of D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate in its reactions with D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, aldolase and triose phosphate isomerase

D R Trentham et al. Biochem J. 1969 Aug.

Abstract

Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate exists as the geminal diol and the free aldehyde in the molar ratio 29:1 in aqueous solution. The rate constant of the conversion of diol into aldehyde is 8.7x10(-2)sec.(-1) in the pH range 7.3-8.6 at 20 degrees . The free aldehyde is the substrate for d-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Over a wide concentration range of enzyme the rate of conversion of diol into aldehyde is the rate-limiting process in the catalytic oxidation of d-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate by NAD(+). Aldolase and triose phosphate isomerase both liberate d-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate as the aldehyde. This suggests that the relatively slow diol-aldehyde interconversion does not restrict the rate of glycolysis.

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