araD
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L-ribulose-phosphate 4-epimerase
Locus
BSU_28780
Molecular weight
25.54 kDa
Isoelectric point
5.24
Function
arabinose utilization
Product
L-ribulose-phosphate 4-epimerase
Essential
no
E.C.
5.1.3.4
Synonyms
araD
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG0235 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
2,944,983 2,945,672
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
L-ribulose 5-phosphate --> D-xylulose 5-phosphate (according to UniProt)
Protein family
aldolase class II family (with MtnB, according to UniProt)
Structure
1K0W (PDB) (from \t Escherichia coli, 59% identity, 74% similarity)\tPubMed
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Description
Regulation
Regulatory mechanism
Sigma factors
Additional information
the mRNA is very stable (half-life > 15 min) PubMed
Biological materials
Mutant
References
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Time of last update: 2025-03-17 17:36:46
Author of last update: Melvin.boenninger