Metabolic studies with 3-methyl glucose. 2. In vitro studies

Abstract

3-Methylglucose did not significantly affect the rate of fermentation of glucose by yeast nor did it reduce the rate of polysaccharide synthesis from glucose-1-phosphate with a crystalline muscle phosphorylase prepn. 3-Meth ylglucose-1-phosphoric acid could not be prepared by the methods generally employed for the synthesis of glucose- 1-phosphoric acid, but an improved method for the synthesis of tetraacetyl-3-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranose is described, also the synthesis of 2,4,6-triacetyl-3-methyl-alpha-D-glucosyl bromide.