L-rhamnose isomerase

In enzymology, a L-rhamnose isomerase (EC number|5.3.1.14) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

:L-rhamnose $ightleftharpoons$ L-rhamnulose

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, L-rhamnose, and one product, L-rhamnulose.

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-rhamnose aldose-ketose-isomerase. Other names in common use include rhamnose isomerase, and L-rhamnose ketol-isomerase. This enzyme participates in fructose and mannose metabolism.

tructural studies

As of late 2007, 6 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes PDB link|1D8W, PDB link|1DE5, PDB link|1DE6, PDB link|2HCV, PDB link|2I56, and PDB link|2I57.

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External links

::"The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is CAS registry|9023-84-1."

Gene Ontology (GO) codes