In enzymology, a ribose isomerase (EC 5.3.1.20) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
| ribose isomerase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 5.3.1.20 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 57534-76-6 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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- D-ribose D-ribulose
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, D-ribose, and one product, D-ribulose.
This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically those intramolecular oxidoreductases interconverting aldoses and ketoses. The systematic name of this enzyme class is D-ribose aldose-ketose-isomerase. Other names in common use include D-ribose isomerase, and D-ribose ketol-isomerase.
References
edit- Izumori K, Rees AW, Elbein AD (1975). "Purification, crystallization, and properties of D-ribose isomerase from Mycobacterium smegmatis". J. Biol. Chem. 250 (20): 8085–7. PMID 240851.
