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4.1.2.43: 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase

This is an abbreviated version!
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Word Map on EC 4.1.2.43

Reaction

D-arabino-hex-3-ulose 6-phosphate
=
D-ribulose 5-phosphate
+
formaldehyde

Synonyms

3-hexulose phosphate synthase, 3-hexulose-6-phosphate formaldehyde lyase, 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase, 3-hexulose-phosphate synthase, 3-hexulosephosphate synthase, D-arabino-3-hexulose 6-phosphate formaldehyde lyase, D-arabino-3-hexulose 6-phosphate formaldehyde-lyase, Fae-Hps, hexose phosphate synthase, hexulose-6-phosphate synthase, HPS, HPS-aldolase, HPS-PHI, HPS/PHI

ECTree

     4 Lyases
         4.1 Carbon-carbon lyases
             4.1.2 Aldehyde-lyases
                4.1.2.43 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase

Systematic Name

Systematic Name on EC 4.1.2.43 - 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase

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SYSTEMATIC NAME
IUBMB Comments
D-arabino-hex-3-ulose-6-phosphate formaldehyde-lyase (D-ribulose-5-phosphate-forming)
Requires Mg2+ or Mn2+ for maximal activity [1]. The enzyme is specific for D-ribulose 5-phosphate as substrate as ribose 5-phosphate, xylulose 5-phosphate, allulose 6-phosphate and fructose 6-phosphate cannot act as substrate. In addition to formaldehyde, the enzyme can also use glycolaldehyde and methylglyoxal [7]. This enzyme, along with EC 5.3.1.27, 6-phospho-3-hexuloisomerase, plays a key role in the ribulose-monophosphate cycle of formaldehyde fixation, which is present in many microorganisms that are capable of utilizing C1-compounds [1]. The hyperthermophilic and anaerobic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 constitutively produces a bifunctional enzyme that sequentially catalyses the reactions of this enzyme and EC 5.3.1.27, 6-phospho-3-hexuloisomerase [6]. This enzyme is a member of the orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase (OMPDC) suprafamily [5].