CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Aldolase class I
Functional Family 3-keto-L-gulonate-6-phosphate decarboxylase UlaD

Enzyme Information

4.1.2.43
3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q9LBW4
D-arabino-hex-3-ulose 6-phosphate = D-ribulose 5-phosphate + formaldehyde.
-!- Specific for formaldehyde and D-ribulose 5-phosphate as substrates. -!- Ribose 5-phosphate, xylulose 5-phosphate, allulose 6-phosphate and fructose 6-phosphate cannot act as substrate. -!- This enzyme, along with EC 5.3.1.27, 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. -!- The hyperthermophilic and anaerobic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 constitutively produces a bifunctional enzyme that sequentially catalyzes the reactions of this enzyme and EC 5.3.1.27.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q9LBW4
HPS_MYCGS
Mycobacterium gastri
3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase

PDB Structure

PDB 3AJX
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Crystal structure of 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase, a member of the orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase suprafamily
Orita, I., Kita, A., Yurimoto, H., Kato, N., Sakai, Y., Miki, K.
Proteins