Reaction: 5-dehydro-4-deoxy-D-glucuronate = 3-deoxy-D-glycero-2,5-hexodiulosonate
Glossary: 5-dehydro-4-deoxy-D-glucuronate = (4S,5R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2,6-dioxohexanoate
3-deoxy-D-glycero-2,5-hexodiulosonate = (4S)-4,6-dihydroxy-2,5-dioxohexanoate
Other name(s): 4-deoxy-L-threo-5-hexulose uronate isomerase; 4-deoxy-L-threo-5-hexosulose-uronate ketol-isomerase; kduI (gene name)
Systematic name: 5-dehydro-4-deoxy-D-glucuronate aldose-ketose-isomerase
Comments: The enzyme is involved in the degradation of polygalacturonate, a later stage in the degradation of pectin by many microorganisms.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37318-44-8
References:
1. Preiss, J. 4-Deoxy-L-threo-5-hexosulose uronic acid isomerase. Methods Enzymol. 9 (1966) 602-604.
2. Condemine, G. and Robert-Baudouy, J. Analysis of an Erwinia chrysanthemi gene cluster involved in pectin degradation. Mol. Microbiol. 5 (1991) 2191-2202. [PMID: 1766386]
3. Dunten, P., Jaffe, H. and Aksamit, R.R. Crystallization of 5-keto-4-deoxyuronate isomerase from Escherichia coli. Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 54 (1998) 678-680. [PMID: 9761873]
4. Crowther, R.L. and Georgiadis, M.M. The crystal structure of 5-keto-4-deoxyuronate isomerase from Escherichia coli. Proteins 61 (2005) 680-684. [PMID: 16152643]