IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 5.3.1.3

Accepted name: arabinose isomerase

Reaction: D-arabinose = D-ribulose

Other name(s): D-arabinose(L-fucose) isomerase; D-arabinose isomerase; L-fucose isomerase; D-arabinose ketol-isomerase

Systematic name: D-arabinose aldose-ketose-isomerase

Comments: Also acts on L-fucose and, more slowly, on L-galactose and D-altrose.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 9023-81-8

References:

1. Cohen, S.S. Studies on D-ribulose and its enzymatic conversion to D-arabinose. J. Biol. Chem. 201 (1953) 71-84.

2. Green, M. and Cohen, S.S. Enzymatic conversion of L-fucose to L-fuculose. J. Biol. Chem. 219 (1956) 557-568.

[EC 5.3.1.3 created 1961]


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