| EC |
1.1.1.341 |
| Accepted name: |
CDP-abequose synthase |
| Reaction: |
CDP-α-D-abequose + NADP+ = CDP-4-dehydro-3,6-dideoxy-α-D-glucose + NADPH + H+ |
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For diagram of CDP-abequose, CDP-ascarylose, CDP-paratose and CDP-tyrelose biosynthesis, click here |
| Glossary: |
CDP-α-D-abequose = CDP-3,6-dideoxy-α-D-xylo-hexose |
| Other name(s): |
rfbJ (gene name) |
| Systematic name: |
CDP-α-D-abequose:NADP+ 4-oxidoreductase |
| Comments: |
Isolated from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis [1,3] and Salmonella enterica [1,2]. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc |
| References: |
| 1. |
Kessler, A.C., Brown, P.K., Romana, L.K. and Reeves, P.R. Molecular cloning and genetic characterization of the rfb region from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serogroup IIA, which determines the formation of the 3,6-dideoxyhexose abequose. J. Gen. Microbiol. 137 (1991) 2689–2695. [DOI] [PMID: 1724263] |
| 2. |
Wyk, P. and Reeves, P. Identification and sequence of the gene for abequose synthase, which confers antigenic specificity on group B salmonellae: homology with galactose epimerase. J. Bacteriol. 171 (1989) 5687–5693. [DOI] [PMID: 2793832] |
| 3. |
Thorson, J.S., Lo, S.F., Ploux, O., He, X. and Liu, H.W. Studies of the biosynthesis of 3,6-dideoxyhexoses: molecular cloning and characterization of the asc (ascarylose) region from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serogroup VA. J. Bacteriol. 176 (1994) 5483–5493. [DOI] [PMID: 8071227] |
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