Energy Metabolism Kit

Citric Acid (CA), also known as citrate, is an important organic acid commonly found in living organisms,it is an significant food flavoring substance. Additionally, CA is a product formed in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle when an acetyl group from acetyl-CoA is added to oxaloacetate.

Ca²⁺Mg²⁺-ATPase is widely distributed in plants, animals, microorganisms, and cells, where it catalyzes the hydrolysis of ATP to produce ADP and inorganic phosphate.

Citric Acid (CA), also known as citrate, is an important organic acid commonly found in living organisms,it is an significant food flavoring substance. Additionally, CA is a product formed in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle when an acetyl group from acetyl-CoA is added to oxaloacetate.

Glucose-6-phosphate (6PG) is an intermediate product of glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway, widely existing in animals, plants, and microorganisms. In the first step of glycolysis, glucose is catalyzed by hexokinase to form glucose-6-phosphate, which is then catalyzed by phosphoglucose isomerase to form fructose-6-phosphate to proceed with other steps of glycolysis. In the pentose phosphate pathway, glucose-6-phosphate is its first substrate, and this process is also the main pathway for NADPH generation. In addition, glucose-6-phosphate can be converted into glycogen or starch for storage.

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is widely present in animals, plants, microorganisms, and cultured cells. Functioning as a coenzyme, it improves body metabolism and participates in the metabolism of fats, proteins, sugars, nucleic acids, and nucleotides, serving as the primary source of biological energy. The energy charge is a key parameter describing cellular energy metabolism status. Measuring ATP content and calculating energy charge can reflect the state of energy metabolism.