EC |
5.1.3.38 |
Accepted name: |
D-erythrulose 1-phosphate 3-epimerase |
Reaction: |
D-erythrulose 1-phosphate = L-erythrulose 1-phosphate |
Other name(s): |
eryC (gene name) |
Systematic name: |
D-erythrulose-1-phosphate 3-epimerase |
Comments: |
The enzyme, characterized from the pathogenic bacterium Brucella abortus, which causes brucellosis in livestock, participates in erythritol catabolism. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
References: |
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Barbier, T., Collard, F., Zuniga-Ripa, A., Moriyon, I., Godard, T., Becker, J., Wittmann, C., Van Schaftingen, E. and Letesson, J.J. Erythritol feeds the pentose phosphate pathway via three new isomerases leading to D-erythrose-4-phosphate in Brucella. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111 (2014) 17815–17820. [DOI] [PMID: 25453104] |
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[EC 5.1.3.38 created 2016] |
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