Kinetic parameters of glucose efflux from human red blood cells under zero-trans conditions

S. J.D. Karlish, W. R. Lieb, D. Ram, W. D. Stein*

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Abstract

1. 1. Efflux of glucose from human red blood cells under zero-trans conditions has been measured at 20°. 2. 2. The values of the Km and vmax were found to be 25 ± 3 mM and 139 ± 11 mmoles/min per 1 isotonic cell water, respectively. 3. 3. These observations indicate that the conventional, symmetric carrier is not a valid model for glucose transport in human red blood cells. 4. 4. Our results are consistent, however, with a recently proposed model in which transport occurs by the internal transfer of glucose molecules across protein tetramers embedded in the plasma membrane.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)126-132
Number of pages7
JournalBiochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes
Volume255
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Jan 1972

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