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RPE dimers isomerise RU5P to XY5P

RU5P → XY5P

Reactome
R-HSA-71303
Compartment
cytosol
Rhea
RHEA:13678

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Catalysed by

  • D-ribulose-phosphate 3-epimerase activity of RPE:Fe2+ dimers [cytosol]EC 5.1.3.1

Literature

  1. Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthesis from glucose decreases during amino acid starvation of human lymphoblasts J Biol Chem, 1985
  2. Biochemical genetics of the pentose phosphate cycle: human ribose 5-phosphate isomerase (RPI) and ribulose 5-phosphate 3-epimerase (RPE) Ann Hum Genet, 1980
  3. Conversion of D-ribulose 5-phosphate to D-xylulose 5-phosphate: new insights from structural and biochemical studies on human RPE FASEB J., 2011