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UniProt functional annotation for Q8I3W2 | ||
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| UniProt code: Q8I3W2. |
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| Organism: | |
Plasmodium falciparum (isolate 3D7). |
| Taxonomy: | |
Eukaryota; Sar; Alveolata; Apicomplexa; Aconoidasida; Haemosporida; Plasmodiidae; Plasmodium; Plasmodium (Laverania). |
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| Function: | |
Involved in the first step of the non-oxidative branch of the pentose phosphate pathway. It catalyzes the reversible conversion of ribose-5-phosphate to ribulose 5-phosphate. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0A7Z0}. |
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| Catalytic activity: | |
Reaction=aldehydo-D-ribose 5-phosphate = D-ribulose 5-phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:14657, ChEBI:CHEBI:58121, ChEBI:CHEBI:58273; EC=5.3.1.6; Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0A7Z0}; |
| Pathway: | |
Carbohydrate degradation; pentose phosphate pathway; D-ribose 5-phosphate from D-ribulose 5-phosphate (non-oxidative stage): step 1/1. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0A7Z0}. |
| Subunit: | |
Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16682767}. |
| Similarity: | |
Belongs to the ribose 5-phosphate isomerase family. {ECO:0000305}. |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.