ribulose-phosphate 3-epimerase-like protein 1; ribulose-5-phosphate-3-epimerase-like protein 1 (RPEL1)

Function

• catalyzes reversible epimerization of D-ribulose 5-phosphate to D-xylulose 5-phosphate (putative)

D-ribulose 5-phosphate = D-xylulose 5- phosphate

Cofactor:

• binds 1 divalent metal cation per subunit
• active with Fe+2, & probably also with Mn+2, Zn+2 & Co+2

Structure

• homodimer (putative)
• belongs to the ribulose-phosphate 3-epimerase family

More general terms

• epimerase

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=729020
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:729020
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q2QD12.html