araD L-ribulose-5-phosphate 4-epimerase AraD [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: araD
Official Full Name: L-ribulose-5-phosphate 4-epimerase AraD
Primary source: ECOCYC:EG10055
Locus tag: b0061
See related: ASAP:ABE-0000209
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: PROVISIONAL
Organism: Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 (strain: K-12, substrain: MG1655)
Lineage: Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia
Also known as: ECK0062
Summary: AraD is a masked class II aldolase. [More information is available at EcoGene: EG10055]. L-ribulose 5-phosphate 4-epimerase catalyzes the third step in the pathway for degradation of L-arabinose, the epimerization at the C4 carbon to form D-xylulose-5-phosphate, which enters the |FRAME: [More information is available at EcoCyc: EG10055].
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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables L-ribulose-phosphate 4-epimerase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables L-ribulose-phosphate 4-epimerase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables aldehyde-lyase activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables catalytic activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables identical protein binding	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables isomerase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables metal ion binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables zinc ion binding	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables zinc ion binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in L-arabinose catabolic process to xylulose 5-phosphate	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within L-arabinose catabolic process to xylulose 5-phosphate	IEP Inferred from Expression Pattern more info	PubMed
involved_in L-arabinose catabolic process to xylulose 5-phosphate	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within L-lyxose metabolic process	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in arabinose catabolic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in monosaccharide metabolic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in pentose catabolic process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
is_active_in cytosol	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in cytosol	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
part_of protein-containing complex	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

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