| EC |
2.2.1.1 |
| Accepted name: |
transketolase |
| Reaction: |
sedoheptulose 7-phosphate + D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate = D-ribose 5-phosphate + D-xylulose 5-phosphate |
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| Glossary: |
thiamine diphosphate |
| Other name(s): |
glycolaldehydetransferase |
| Systematic name: |
sedoheptulose-7-phosphate:D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate glycolaldehydetransferase |
| Comments: |
A thiamine-diphosphate protein. Wide specificity for both reactants, e.g. converts hydroxypyruvate and R-CHO into CO2 and R-CHOH-CO-CH2OH. The enzyme from the bacterium Alcaligenes faecalis shows high activity with D-erythrose 4-phosphate as acceptor. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9014-48-6 |
| References: |
| 1. |
De La Haba, G., Leder, I.G and Racker, E. Crystalline transketolase from bakers' yeast: isolation and properties. J. Biol. Chem. 214 (1955) 409–426. [PMID: 14367398] |
| 2. |
Domagk, G.F. and Horecker, B.L. Fructose and erythrose metabolism in Alcaligenes faecalis. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 109 (1965) 342–349. |
| 3. |
Horecker, B.L., Smyrniotis, P.Z. and Hurwitz, J. The role of xylulose 5-phosphate in the transketolase reaction. J. Biol. Chem. 223 (1956) 1009–1019. [PMID: 13385248] |
| 4. |
Racker, E. Transketolase. In: Boyer, P.D., Lardy, H. and Myrbäck, K. (Ed.), The Enzymes, 2nd edn, vol. 5, Academic Press, New York, 1961, pp. 397–412. |
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