Research Article

Optimal Fluxes, Reaction Replaceability, and Response to Enzymopathies in the Human Red Blood Cell

Table 1

List of reactions considered in this work, including the corresponding number in the map of Figure 2, the abbreviation and the process. The 7 uptake fluxes, numbered 36 to 42, are as shown in Figure 2.

No. Abbreviation Chemical reaction

1HK GLU + ATP G6P + ADP + H
2PGI G6P F6P
3PFK F6P + ATP FDP + ADP + H
4ALD FDP GA3P + DHAP
5TPI DHAP GA3P
6GAPDH GA3P+NAD+ P 𝑖 13DPG+NADH+H
7PGK 13DPG + ADP 3PG + ATP
8DPGM 13DPG 23DPG + H
9DPGase 23DPG + H2O 3PG + P 𝑖
10PGM 3PG 2PG
11EN 2PG PEP + H2O
12PK PEP + ADP + H PYR + ATP
13LDH PYR + NADH + H LAC + NAD
14G6PDH G6P + NADP 6PGL + NADPH + H
15PGL 6PGL + H 2 O 6PGC + H
16PDGH 6PGC + NADP RL5P + NADPH + C O 2
17RPI RL5P R5P
18XPI RL5P X5P
19TKI X5P + R5P S7P + GA3P
20TA GA3P + S7P E4P + F6P
21TKII X5P + E4P F6P + GA3P
22PRPPsyn R5P + ATP PRPP + AMP
23PRM R1P R5P
24HGPRT PRPP + HX + H 2 O IMP + 2 P 𝑖
25AdPRT PRPP + ADE + H 2 O AMP + 2 P 𝑖
26PNPase INO + Pi HX + R1P
27IMPase IMP + H 2 O INO + P 𝑖 + H
28AMPDA AMP + H 2 O IMP + N H 3
29AMPase AMP + H 2 O ADO + P 𝑖 + H
30ADAADO + H 2 O INO + N H 3
31AKADO + ATP ADP + AMP
32ApK 2ADP ATP + AMP
33ATPase ATP ADP + P 𝑖
34NADHase NADH NAD + H
35NADPHase NADPH NADP + H