CATH Classification
Domain Context
CATH Clusters
| Superfamily | N-(1-d-carboxylethyl)-l-norvaline Dehydrogenase; domain 2 | 
| Functional Family | 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating | 
Enzyme Information
| 1.1.1.44 | Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (NADP(+)-dependent, decarboxylating). based on mapping to UniProt P00350 6-phospho-D-gluconate + NADP(+) = D-ribulose 5-phosphate + CO(2) + NADPH. -!- The enzyme participates in the oxidative branch of the pentose phosphate pathway, whose main purpose is to produce NADPH and pentose for biosynthetic reactions. -!- Highly specific for NADP(+). -!- Cf. EC 1.1.1.343. | 
UniProtKB Entries (1)
| P00350 | 6PGD_ECOLI Escherichia coli K-12 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating | 
PDB Structure
| PDB | 2ZYA | 
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| Method | X-RAY DIFFRACTION | 
| Organism | |
| Primary Citation | Conformational changes associated with cofactor/substrate binding of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: Implications for enzyme mechanism J.Struct.Biol. | 
 
 
 
 
