Not available outside of the UK & Ireland.

Application

6-Phosphogluconic acid has been used in a study to assess a spectrophotometric method for the determination of creative phosphokinase and myokinase. It has also been used in a study to investigate the reversible enzymatic sythesis of diphosphopyridine nucleotide and inorganic pyrophosphate.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Phosphogluconic acid is an intermediate in the pentose phosphate pathway.

Other Notes

Tandem Mass Spectrometry data independently generated by Scripps Center for Metabolomics is available to view or download in PDF. P7877.pdf Tested metabolites are featured on Scripps Center for Metabolomics METLIN Metabolite Database. To learn more, visit sigma.com/metlin.

Packaging

100, 500 mg in poly bottle

1, 5 g in poly bottle

Preparation Note

Prepared by a modification of the procedure of Seegmiller, J.E., et al., J. Biol. Chem., 192, 175 (1951).