INDEX 



91 



Pentose cycle, absence in mito- 

 chondria, 71 , 79 

 in A. suboxydans, 7 , 14, 15 

 in cells, 74, 76 

 in embryo tissue, 81 

 fate of individual glucose C 



atoms in oxidation, 32, 33 

 non-oxidative portion of, 76 

 in photosynthesis, reductive, 81, 



83 

 possible function in cells, 81, 83 

 reductive, 81, 55 



simultaneous operation of gly- 

 colysis with, 54 

 Phosphogluconate cleavage, fate of 



labeled glucose in, 31, 37 

 6- Phosphogluconate, dehydrogen- 

 ase, properties, 10 

 oxidation in A. suboxydans, 8 

 Phosphorylation, in A. suboxy- 

 dans, 25 

 Protein breakdown, in mitochon- 

 dria, 72 

 via citric acid cycle, 72 

 Pyruvate, oxidation by A. suboxy- 

 dans, 18 

 Pyruvic carboxylase, in A. suboxy- 

 dans, 18 



Quantitative expression of path- 

 way participation in carbohy- 

 drate oxidation, 43, 44, 58, 59 



Radiorespirometer, diagram of ap- 

 paratus for, 40, 42 



Radiorespirometry, 39 



ec|uations describing, 43 

 Recovery of CO^ (labeled) during 



glucose oxidation, 56, 57 

 Ribose-5-phosphate, oxidation by 



A. suboxydans, 14 



Sedoheptulose, relation to other 

 sugars, 32, 33 



Soluble fraction of cells, oxidation 

 in, 78, 79 

 pentose cycle in, 78, 79 



Sorbitol, conversion to fructose, 

 16, 17 

 formation of sorbose from, 16, 

 17 



Sinnmary of carbohydrate oxida- 

 tive pathways in microorgan- 

 isms, 61 



Synthetic role of pentose cycle, 82, 

 83, 84 



TPN, effect on pentose cycle, 80, 



81 

 Triose phosphate, oxidized by 



pentose cycle, 32, 33 



Yeast, calculation of carbohydrate 

 breakdown pathways, 46 



Zymomonas mobilis, calculation of 

 carbohydrate breakdown path- 

 ways, 48 



