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- noun chemistry A
polyalcohol with themolecular formula C4H10O4, primarily used as anintermediate in the chemicalsynthesis of othercompounds .
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Glycerol is the most common cryoprotectant, followed by sorbitol and erythritol, ribitol, threitol, and sucrose.
Archive 2004-09-01 2004
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Efficient erythritol catabolism under conditions that promote threitol synthesis, coupled with preferential threitol biosynthesis, appear to be responsible for the accumulation of high concentrations of threitol (250 mM) without concomitant accumulation of erythritol.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Walters, K. R., Pan, Q., Serianni, A. S., Duman, J 2009
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Threitol 4-phosphate appears to be the preferred substrate of the sugar phosphatase (s), promoting threitol synthesis over that of erythritol.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Walters, K. R., Pan, Q., Serianni, A. S., Duman, J 2009
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In vitro experiments show that threitol is synthesized from erythrose 4-phosphate, a C4 intermediate in the PPP.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Walters, K. R., Pan, Q., Serianni, A. S., Duman, J 2009
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The accumulation of two cryoprotective polyols, sorbitol and threitol, is integral to the extraordinary cold-hardiness of this beetle.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Walters, K. R., Pan, Q., Serianni, A. S., Duman, J 2009
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The sections were then rinsed two times in PBST containing 10 mM dithio-threitol (DTT,
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