IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.7.1.210

Accepted name: D-erythrulose 4-kinase

Reaction: ATP + D-erythrulose = ADP + D-erythrulose 4-phosphate

Other name(s): derK (gene name)

Systematic name: ATP:D-erythrulose 4-phosphotransferase

Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Mycobacterium smegmatis, participates in the degradation of erythritol and D-threitol.

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References:

1. Huang, H., Carter, M.S., Vetting, M.W., Al-Obaidi, N., Patskovsky, Y., Almo, S.C. and Gerlt, J.A. A general strategy for the discovery of metabolic pathways: D-threitol, L-threitol, and erythritol utilization in Mycobacterium smegmatis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137 (2015) 14570-14573. [PMID: 26560079]

[EC 2.7.1.210 created 2016]


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