| EC |
5.3.1.26 |
| Accepted name: |
galactose-6-phosphate isomerase |
| Reaction: |
D-galactose 6-phosphate = D-tagatose 6-phosphate |
| Systematic name: |
D-galactose-6-phosphate aldose-ketose-isomerase |
| Comments: |
Involved in the tagatose 6-phosphate pathway of lactose catabolism in bacteria. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 39433-98-2 |
| References: |
| 1. |
De Vos, W.M., Boerrigter, I., Van Rooijen, R.J., Reiche, B., Hengstenberg, W. Characterization of the lactose-specific enzymes of the phosphotransferase system in Lactococcus lactis. J. Biol. Chem. 265 (1990) 22554–22560. [PMID: 2125052] |
| 2. |
Van Rooijen, R.J., Van Schalkwijk, S., De Vos, W.M. Molecular cloning, characterization, and nucleotide sequence of the tagatose 6-phosphate pathway gene cluster of the lactose operon of Lactococcus lactis. J. Biol. Chem. 266 (1991) 7176–7181. [PMID: 1901863] |
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