| EC |
5.3.1.3 |
| Accepted name: |
arabinose isomerase |
| Reaction: |
D-arabinose = D-ribulose |
| Other name(s): |
D-arabinose(L-fucose) isomerase; D-arabinose isomerase; L-fucose isomerase; D-arabinose ketol-isomerase |
| Systematic name: |
D-arabinose aldose-ketose-isomerase |
| Comments: |
Also acts on L-fucose and, more slowly, on L-galactose and D-altrose. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, METACYC, CAS registry number: 9023-81-8 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Cohen, S.S. Studies on D-ribulose and its enzymatic conversion to D-arabinose. J. Biol. Chem. 201 (1953) 71–84. [PMID: 13044776] |
| 2. |
Green, M. and Cohen, S.S. Enzymatic conversion of L-fucose to L-fuculose. J. Biol. Chem. 219 (1956) 557–568. [PMID: 13319278] |
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| [EC 5.3.1.3 created 1961] |
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