

D-Mannitol 1-phosphate Lithium Salt by Molecular Depot is a D-mannitol 1-phosphate lithium salt, the phosphorylated sugar alcohol of bacterial mannitol metabolism. Bacteria take mannitol up through a phosphotransferase system that phosphorylates it during transport, and mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase then oxidises the product to fructose-6-phosphate, which enters glycolysis. It is used as a substrate and standard in mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase assays, in bacterial carbohydrate metabolism research and in metabolite analysis. Each unit contains 5 mg. MBP supplies Molecular Depot carbohydrate reagents to research labs in the United States, Canada and worldwide.