Zeichen des Wechsels: Die Verbindungen 1 und 2 sind NMR‐spektroskopisch detektierbare metabolische Marker. Wenn neuronale Zellen zur Glycolyse übergehen, resultiert eine ungleichmäßige 13C‐Verteilung in den N‐Acetylgruppen, und eine Mischung von 1 und 2 wird gebildet. Somit lässt sich das Durchlaufen unterschiedlicher metabolischer Pfade, wie Glycolyse, Tricarbonsäurezyklus und Hexosamin‐Biosynthese, anhand einer einzigen molekularen Substanz verfolgen.
Making the switch: Compounds 1 and 2 are used as metabolic markers for NMR detection. When neuronal cells switch to a glycolytic state, an uneven distribution of 13C in the N‐acetyl group results, thus giving a mixture of the metabolites 1 and 2. It is therefore possible to monitor flux through different metabolic pathways, such as glycolysis, the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway, using a single molecule.
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