... in the buildup of ATP from adenosine. Five out of 12modes require ADA, AK and PNPase, and anotherthree require AK and PNPase but not ADA. None of the 12 modes requires ADPRT. The modes of ATP ... interesting to analyse, in the future, which of the salvage pathways are preferably used in vivo and whether they comply with these criteria. This, however,is beyond the scope of the present study, ... is devoted to the study of redundancy and yield of salvage pathways in human erythrocytes. These cells are not able to synthesizeATP de novo. However, the salvage (recycling) of certain nucleosides...