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Fuculose
Fuculose or 6-deoxy-tagatose is a ketohexose deoxy sugar Deoxy sugars are sugars that have had a hydroxyl group replaced with a hydrogen atom. Examples include: * Deoxyribose, or 2-deoxy-D-ribose, a constituent of DNA * Fucose, or 6-deoxy-L-galactose, main component of fucoidan of brown algae, and p .... Fuculose is involved in the process of sugar metabolism. -Fuculose can be formed from -fucose by -fucose isomerase and converted to L-fuculose-1-phosphate by -fuculose kinase. See also * -fuculose-phosphate aldolase * -fuculosekinase References Deoxy sugars Ketohexoses {{biochem-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L-fuculose-phosphate Aldolase
The enzyme L-fuculose-phosphate aldolase () catalysis, catalyzes the chemical reaction : L-fuculose-1-phosphate \rightleftharpoons glycerone phosphateGlycerone phosphate is often known as dihydroxyacetone phosphate. + (''S'')-lactaldehyde This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the aldehyde-lyases, which cleave carbon-carbon bonds. The List of enzymes, systematic name of this enzyme class is L-fuculose-1-phosphate (S)-lactaldehyde-lyase (glycerone-phosphate-forming). Other names in common use include L-fuculose 1-phosphate aldolase, fuculose aldolase, and L-fuculose-1-phosphate lactaldehyde-lyase. This enzyme participates in Fructose metabolism, fructose and mannose metabolism. Structural studies As of late 2007, 20 tertiary structure, structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with Protein Data Bank, PDB accession codes , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . See also * Fuculose * L-Fuculose kinase, L-Fuculose kinase References * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |