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L-arabinose isomerase

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L-arabinose isomerase
L-arabinose isomerase hexamer, Geobacillus kaustophilus
Identifiers
EC no.5.3.1.4
CAS no.9023-80-7
Databases
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MetaCycmetabolic pathway
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Arabinose isomerase
crystal structure of l-arabinose isomerase from e.coli
Identifiers
SymbolArabinose_Isome
PfamPF02610
InterProIPR003762
Available protein structures:
Pfam  structures / ECOD  
PDBRCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsumstructure summary

In enzymology, a L-arabinose isomerase (EC 5.3.1.4) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

L-arabinose L-ribulose

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, L-arabinose, and one product, L-ribulose.

This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically those intramolecular oxidoreductases interconverting aldoses and ketoses. The systematic name of this enzyme class is L-arabinose aldose-ketose-isomerase. This enzyme participates in pentose and glucuronate interconversions.

This enzyme catalyses the conversion of L-arabinose to L-ribulose as the first step in the pathway of L-arabinose utilization as a carbon source.[1]

Structural studies

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As of late 2007, two structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 2AJT and 2HXG.

References

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  1. ^ Sa-Nogueira I, Nogueira TV, Soares S, de Lencastre H (March 1997). "The Bacillus subtilis L-arabinose (ara) operon: nucleotide sequence, genetic organization and expression". Microbiology. 143 (3): 957–69. doi:10.1099/00221287-143-3-957. PMID 9084180.

Further reading

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR003762