Reaction: 1-(5-phospho-β-D-ribosyl)-5-[(5-phospho-β-D-ribosylamino)methylideneamino]imidazole-4-carboxamide = 5-[(5-phospho-1-deoxy-β-D-ribulos-1-ylamino)methylideneamino]-1-(5-phospho-β-D-ribosyl)imidazole-4-carboxamide
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Other name(s): N-(5'-phospho-D-ribosylformimino)-5-amino-1-(5"-phosphoribosyl)-4-imidazolecarboxamide isomerase; phosphoribosylformiminoaminophosphoribosylimidazolecarboxamide isomerase; N-(phosphoribosylformimino) aminophosphoribosylimidazolecarboxamide isomerase; 1-(5-phosphoribosyl)-5-[(5-phosphoribosylamino)methylideneamino)imidazole-4-carboxamide ketol-isomerase; 1-(5-phosphoribosyl)-5-[(5-phosphoribosylamino)methylideneamino]imidazole-4-carboxamide aldose-ketose-isomerase
Systematic name: 1-(5-phospho-β-D-ribosyl)-5-[(5-phospho-β-D-ribosylamino)methylideneamino]imidazole-4-carboxamide aldose-ketose-isomerase
Comments: Involved in histidine biosynthesis
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37318-43-7
References:
1. Margolies, M.N. and Goldberger, R.F. Isolation of the fourth (isomerase) of histidine biosynthesis from Salmonella typhimurium. J. Biol. Chem. 241 (1966) 3262-3269. [PMID: 5330429]