- CDP-3,6-dideoxy-D-glucose CDP-3,6-dideoxy-D-mannose
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, CDP-3,6-dideoxy-D-glucose, and one product, CDP-3,6-dideoxy-D-mannose.
This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically those racemases and epimerases acting on carbohydrates and derivatives. The systematic name of this enzyme class is CDP-3,6-dideoxy-D-glucose 2-epimerase. Other names in common use include CDP-paratose epimerase, cytidine diphosphoabequose epimerase, cytidine diphosphodideoxyglucose epimerase, cytidine diphosphoparatose epimerase, and cytidine diphosphate paratose-2-epimerase. It is also incorrectly known as CDP-abequose epimerase, and CDP-D-abequose 2-epimerase. This enzyme participates in starch and sucrose metabolism. It employs one cofactor, NAD+.
References
- Matsuhashi S "Enzymatic synthesis of cytidine diphosphate 3,6-dideoxyhexoses. II Reversible 2-epimerization of cytidine diphosphate paratose". J. Biol. Chem. 241 4275–82.
- Liu HW, Thorson JS "Pathways and mechanisms in the biogenesis of novel deoxysugars by bacteria". Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 48 223–56.
External links
- The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is .
Gene Ontology (GO) codes
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