| EC |
2.7.1.15 |
| Accepted name: |
ribokinase |
| Reaction: |
ATP + D-ribose = ADP + D-ribose 5-phosphate |
| Other name(s): |
deoxyribokinase; ribokinase (phosphorylating); D-ribokinase |
| Systematic name: |
ATP:D-ribose 5-phosphotransferase |
| Comments: |
2-Deoxy-D-ribose can also act as acceptor. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9026-84-0 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Agranoff, B.W. and Brady, R.O. Purification and properties of calf liver ribokinase. J. Biol. Chem. 219 (1956) 221–229. [PMID: 13295274] |
| 2. |
Ginsburg, A. A deoxyribokinase from Lactobacillus plantarum. J. Biol. Chem. 234 (1959) 481–487. [PMID: 13641245] |
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| [EC 2.7.1.15 created 1961] |
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