| EC |
1.1.1.9 |
| Accepted name: |
D-xylulose reductase |
| Reaction: |
xylitol + NAD+ = D-xylulose + NADH + H+ |
| Other name(s): |
NAD+-dependent xylitol dehydrogenase; xylitol dehydrogenase (ambiguous); erythritol dehydrogenase; 2,3-cis-polyol(DPN) dehydrogenase (C3-5); pentitol-DPN dehydrogenase (ambiguous); xylitol-2-dehydrogenase |
| Systematic name: |
xylitol:NAD+ 2-oxidoreductase (D-xylulose-forming) |
| Comments: |
Also acts as an L-erythrulose reductase. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9028-16-4 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Chiang, C. and Knight, S.G. A new pathway of pentose metabolism. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 3 (1960) 554–559. [PMID: 13692998] |
| 2. |
Hickman, J. and Ashwell, G. A sensitive and stereospecific enzymatic assay for xylulose. J. Biol. Chem. 234 (1959) 758–761. [PMID: 13654257] |
| 3. |
Jakoby, W.B. and Fredericks, J. Erythritol dehydrogenase from Aerobacter aerogenes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 48 (1961) 26–32. [DOI] [PMID: 13789254] |
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