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ribose 5-phosphate isomerase A (ribose 5-phosphate epimerase)
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | RPIA |
| Entrez | 22934 |
| HUGO | 10297 |
| OMIM | 180430 |
| RefSeq | NM_144563 |
| UniProt | P49247 |
| Other data | |
| EC number | 5.3.1.6 |
| Locus | Chr. 2 p12-2p11 |
Phosphopentose isomerase is an enzyme which converts ribulose 5-phosphate (a ketose) to ribose 5-phosphate (an aldose).
In the pentose phosphate pathway, it converts the aldose to the ketose.
External links
- Diagram at stanford.edu
- Description and mechanism (click on link) at nih.gov
- EC 5.3.1.6
- MeSH ribosephosphate+isomerase
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