CDP-abequose synthase (EC 1.1.1.341, rfbJ (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name CDP-alpha-D-abequose:NADP+ 4-oxidoreductase.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

CDP-abequose synthase
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EC no.1.1.1.341
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CDP-alpha-D-abequose + NADP+ CDP-4-dehydro-3,6-dideoxy-alpha-D-glucose + NADPH + H+

This enzyme is from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Salmonella enterica.

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  1. ^ Kessler AC, Brown PK, Romana LK, Reeves PR (December 1991). "Molecular cloning and genetic characterization of the rfb region from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serogroup IIA, which determines the formation of the 3,6-dideoxyhexose abequose". Journal of General Microbiology. 137 (12): 2689–95. doi:10.1099/00221287-137-12-2689. PMID 1724263.
  2. ^ Wyk P, Reeves P (October 1989). "Identification and sequence of the gene for abequose synthase, which confers antigenic specificity on group B salmonellae: homology with galactose epimerase". Journal of Bacteriology. 171 (10): 5687–93. PMC 210415. PMID 2793832.
  3. ^ Thorson JS, Lo SF, Ploux O, He X, Liu HW (September 1994). "Studies of the biosynthesis of 3,6-dideoxyhexoses: molecular cloning and characterization of the asc (ascarylose) region from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serogroup VA". Journal of Bacteriology. 176 (17): 5483–93. PMC 196737. PMID 8071227.
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