EC
5.3.1.20
Accepted name:
ribose isomerase
Reaction:
D
-ribose =
D
-ribulose
Other name(s):
D
-ribose isomerase;
D
-ribose ketol-isomerase
Systematic name:
D
-ribose aldose-ketose-isomerase
Comments:
Also acts on
L
-lyxose and
L
-rhamnose.
References:
1.
Izumori, K., Rees, A.W. and Elbein, A.D. Purification, crystallization, and properties of
D
-ribose isomerase from
Mycobacterium smegmatis
.
J. Biol. Chem.
250
(1975) 8085–8087. [PMID: 240851]
[EC 5.3.1.20 created 1978]