EC |
5.3.1.20 |
Accepted name: |
ribose isomerase |
Reaction: |
D-ribose = D-ribulose |
Other name(s): |
D-ribose isomerase; D-ribose ketol-isomerase |
Systematic name: |
D-ribose aldose-ketose-isomerase |
Comments: |
Also acts on L-lyxose and L-rhamnose. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 57534-76-6 |
References: |
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Izumori, K., Rees, A.W. and Elbein, A.D. Purification, crystallization, and properties of D-ribose isomerase from Mycobacterium smegmatis. J. Biol. Chem. 250 (1975) 8085–8087. [PMID: 240851] |
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[EC 5.3.1.20 created 1978] |
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