deoxyribose-phosphate aldolase (phosphodeoxyriboaldolase, deoxyriboaldolase, DERA)

Function

• metabolic intermediate biosynthesis 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate from D-ribose 5-phosphate (route 2): step 1

 2-deoxy-D-ribose 5-phosphate
            <-->
 D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate + acetaldehyde

Structure

belongs to the deoC/fbaB aldolase family, DeoC type 2 subfamily

More general terms

• aldehyde lyase (aldolase)

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9Y315.html