EC 5.1.3.22 - L-ribulose-5-phosphate 3-epimerase

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IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 5.1.3.22

Names

Accepted name:
L-ribulose-5-phosphate 3-epimerase
Other names:
L-xylulose 5-phosphate 3-epimerase
UlaE
SgaU
Systematic name:
L-ribulose-5-phosphate 3-epimerase

Reaction

Comments:

Along with EC 4.1.1.85, 3-dehydro-L-gulonate-6-phosphate decarboxylase, this enzyme is involved in a pathway for the utilization of L-ascorbate by Escherichia coli.

Links to other databases

Enzymes and pathways: NC-IUBMB , BRENDA , DIAGRAM , ExplorEnz , ENZYME@ExPASy , KEGG , MetaCyc , UniPathway
Structural data: CSA , EC2PDB
Gene Ontology: GO:0034015
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: (43) [show] [UniProt]

References

  1. Yew, W.S. and Gerlt, J.A.
    Utilization of L-ascorbate by Escherichia coli K-12: assignments of functions to products of the yjf-sga and yia-sgb operons.
    J. Bacteriol. 184 : 302-306 (2002). [PMID: 11741871]

[EC 5.1.3.22 created 2005]