EC |
5.3.1.12 |
Accepted name: |
glucuronate isomerase |
Reaction: |
D-glucuronate = D-fructuronate |
Other name(s): |
uronic isomerase; uronate isomerase; D-glucuronate isomerase; uronic acid isomerase; D-glucuronate ketol-isomerase |
Systematic name: |
D-glucuronate aldose-ketose-isomerase |
Comments: |
Also converts D-galacturonate to D-tagaturonate. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9023-87-4 |
References: |
1. |
Ashwell, G., Wahba, A.J. and Hickman, J. Uronic acid metabolism in bacteria. I. Purification and properties of uronic acid isomerase in Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 235 (1960) 1559–1565. [PMID: 13794771] |
2. |
Kilgore, W.W. and Starr, M.P. Catabolism of galacturonic and glucuronic acids by Erwinia carotovora. J. Biol. Chem. 234 (1959) 2227–2235. [PMID: 14409051] |
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[EC 5.3.1.12 created 1961] |
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