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D S Weber

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A convenient method for the preparation of a variety of 13C-substituted D-fructose phosphates using readily available enzymes of the glycolytic pathway.

Methods are presented for the preparation of a variety of D-fructose phosphates, 13C-substituted at any single carbon site or at any two symmetrically disposed carbon sites, from either 13C-substituted pyruvate or L-alanine. It is demonstrated that millimole quantities of product can be obtained in good yield following a "one-pot" incubation of 13C-substituted precursors with commercially available enzymes and cofactors of the glycolytic pathway. Since it has previously been shown that a wide variety of aldehydes serve as acceptable substrates for the final rabbit muscle aldolase-catalyzed condensation step, the method can potentially be applied to prepare a wide variety of 13C-substituted sugars and sugar phosphates.

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