[1-14C] Ribose 5-phosphate is incubated with a mixture of purified transketolase, transaldolase, phosphopentose isomerase, phosphopentose epimerase, and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. Predict the distribution of radioactivity in the erythrose 4-phosphate and fructose 6-phosphate that were formed in this system. Diagram the reactions involved, showing the structures of each intermediate compound in the system and clearly indicating the location of the 14C in each molecule.

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