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SUBMITTER: Ibanez E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC94635 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ibañez E E Gimenez R R Pedraza T T Baldoma L L Aguilar J J Badia J J
Journal of bacteriology 20000801 16
Genes yiaP and yiaR of the yiaKLMNOPQRS cluster of Escherichia coli are required for the metabolism of the endogenously formed L-xylulose, whereas yiaS is required for this metabolism only in araD mutants. Like AraD, YiaS was shown to have L-ribulose-5-phosphate 4-epimerase activity. Similarity of YiaR to several 3-epimerases suggested that this protein could catalyze the conversion of L-xylulose-5-phosphate into L-ribulose-5-phosphate, thus completing the pathway between L-xylulose and the gene ...[more]