| EC |
2.2.1.4 |
| Accepted name: |
acetoin—ribose-5-phosphate transaldolase |
| Reaction: |
3-hydroxybutan-2-one + D-ribose 5-phosphate = acetaldehyde + 1-deoxy-D-altro-heptulose 7-phosphate |
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For diagram of reaction, click here |
| Glossary: |
thiamine diphosphate = 3-[(4-amino-2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)methyl]-5-(2-diphosphoethyl)-4-methyl-1,3-thiazolium |
| Other name(s): |
1-deoxy-D-altro-heptulose-7-phosphate synthetase; 1-deoxy-D-altro-heptulose-7-phosphate synthase; 3-hydroxybutan-2-one:D-ribose-5-phosphate aldehydetransferase [wrong substrate name] |
| Systematic name: |
3-hydroxybutan-2-one:D-ribose-5-phosphate aldehydetransferase |
| Comments: |
A thiamine-diphosphate protein. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 87843-76-3 |
| References: |
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Yokota, A. and Sasajima, K. Enzymatic formation of a new monosaccharide, 1-deoxy-D-altro-heptulose phosphate, from DL-acetoin and D-ribose 5-phosphate by a transketolase mutant of Bacillus pumilus. Agric. Biol. Chem. 47 (1983) 1545–1553. |
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| [EC 2.2.1.4 created 1989] |
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