High yield synthesis of 14C labelled intermediates of the L-type pentose pathway: octulose mono- and biphosphates, sedoheptulose 1,7-bisphosphate and D-arabinose 5-phosphate

Methods for the enzymic synthesis, isolation, purification and analysis of the 14C labelled intermediates that are characteristic of the L-type pentose phosphate pathway are described. These are D-glycero D-ido octulose 1,8-bisphosphate and 8-monophosphate; D-glycero D-altro octulose mono- and bisphosphates; sedoheptulose 1,7-bisphosphate and D-arabinose 5-phosphate. The authenticity of each of the 14C-labelled sugar phosphates was confirmed using a variety of chromatographic methods, enzymatic analytic methods and NMR spectroscopy. The 14C labelled compounds are used in investigations involving the search for the identity of the pentose pathway in tissues in vitro, for the measurement of L-type pathway enzyme reactions and for testing the mechanistic predictions of the L-type pathway in vitro. (author)