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Thiamine diphosphate (ThDP) is the major intracellular derivative which is considered the only form functioning as a coenzyme. Thiamine triphosphate (ThTP), another ubiquitous derivative, lacks a clear physiological function and is usually kept at low levels. However, it can accumulate up to 87% of total thiamine in animal tissues lacking cytosolic thiamine triphosphatase (THTPA) activity. Studies of ThTP coenzyme function have always faced the problem of ThTP hydrolysis to ThDP. To avoid such interference a synthetic stable ThTP analog, bismethylene ThTP (bmThTP), has been synthesized. Given that ThTP accumulation is caused by cytosolic THTPA suppression, cytosolic ThDP-dependent transketolase (TKT) is the primary target for probing (bm)ThTP\u2019s coenzyme function. Indeed, bmThTP acts as a TKT coenzyme, with the apparent Km(bmThTP) of 16.3 \u00b5M. However, bmThTP binding slightly differs from that of ThTP. Molecular docking was used to estimate affinities of ThDP, ThTP and bmThTP, also allowing us to avoid ThTP hydrolysis. Despite almost identical localization within the active site, bmThTP could not bind as well as ThTP, resulting in a 2.36 kcal\/mol difference in estimated \u0394G. Based on our data, calculated Km(ThTP) for TKT is about 0.07\u20130.08 \u00b5M, only 1.6\u20132 times that of Km(ThDP). 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