Glucose metabolism of mammalian erythrocytes.
Under physiological conditions, erythrocytes of the horse metabolized 638 +/- 37 (+/-SE) nmoles glucose/ml cells/hr at 37 degrees C compared to 942 +/- 31 for the cat, 1,329 +/- 44 for the dog, and 1,485 +/- 43 for man. On an absolute basis, pentose phosphate metabolism was similar between species, with species differences in erythrocyte glucose tulization attributable to differences in Embden-Meyerhof pathway metabolism. By examining pentose phosphate pathway recycling, it appears that some functional compartmentation exists within erythrocytes.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004285:Dogs; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005958:Glucosephosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity
D005958:Glucosephosphates; D005947:Glucose