Identification
Name:Ribulose-phosphate 3-epimerase
Synonyms:
  • Pentose-5-phosphate 3-epimerase
  • PPE
  • R5P3E
Gene Name:rpe
Enzyme Class:
Biological Properties
General Function:Involved in catalytic activity
Specific Function:D-ribulose 5-phosphate = D-xylulose 5- phosphate
Cellular Location:Not Available
SMPDB Pathways:
KEGG Pathways:
  • Carbon fixation in photosynthetic organisms ec00710
  • Metabolic pathways eco01100
  • Microbial metabolism in diverse environments ec01120
  • Pentose and glucuronate interconversions ec00040
  • Pentose phosphate pathway ec00030
KEGG Reactions:
1.0Thumb1.0Thumb
1.0D-Ribulose 5-phosphate1.0Thumb
1.0D-Ribulose 5-phosphate ↔ 1.0Xylulose 5-phosphate
ReactionCard
SMPDB Reactions:
1.0Thumb1.0Xylulose 5-phosphate+1.0Thumb
1.0D-Ribulose 5-phosphate ↔ 1.0Xylulose 5-phosphate + 1.0Xylulose 5-phosphate
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EcoCyc Reactions:
1.0Thumb1.0Thumb
Complex Reactions:
1.0Thumb1.0Thumb
Metabolites:
ECMDB IDNameView
ECMDB04148D-Ribulose 5-phosphateMetaboCard
ECMDB04178Xylulose 5-phosphateMetaboCard
GO Classification:
Function
catalytic activity
isomerase activity
racemase and epimerase activity
racemase and epimerase activity, acting on carbohydrates and derivatives
ribulose-phosphate 3-epimerase activity
Process
carbohydrate metabolic process
metabolic process
primary metabolic process
Gene Properties
Blattner:b3386
Gene OrientationCounterclockwise
Centisome Percentage:75.70
Left Sequence End3512404
Right Sequence End3513081
Gene Sequence:
>678 bp
ATGAGTGCGTCGTTGGCGATCCTGACCATCGGCATTGTACCTATGCAGGAAGTTTTGCCG
CTCCTGACGGAATACATTGACGAAGATAATATTTCCCATCATAGCCTGCTGGGGAAGTTA
AGTCGTGAAGAAGTGATGGCGGAGTACGCGCCAGAAGCAGGCGAAGACACCATTCTCACA
TTATTAAATGACAACCAGCTGGCCCATGTTTCGCGTCGCAAAGTGGAGCGTGACCTGCAA
GGTGTGGTTGAAGTGCTCGATAATCAGGGTTATGACGTCATTTTATTAATGAGTACAGCA
AACATTAGTAGTATGACTGCGCGTAATACGATCTTTCTTGAGCCGTCGCGAATATTGCCT
CCACTGGTTTCCTCTATTGTTGAAGATCATCAGGTGGGGGTTATCGTTCCGGTTGAGGAG
ATGCTGCCCGTTCAGGCGCAAAAATGGCAAATTTTGCAGAAATCGCCGGTATTTTCATTG
GGTAACCCCATTCATGATTCAGAACAAAAAATCATTGATGCCGGGAAAGAATTACTGGCA
AAAGGGGCTGATGTCATCATGCTGGATTGTTTAGGATTTCACCAACGTCATCGCGATTTA
CTGCAAAAACAGCTCGATGTTCCTGTCTTGCTGTCTAACGTATTGATTGCACGGCTGGCT
GCGGAATTACTGGTGTAA
Protein Properties
Pfam Domain Function:
Protein Residues:225
Protein Molecular Weight:24554
Protein Theoretical pI:5
Signaling Regions:
  • None
Transmembrane Regions:
  • None
Protein Sequence:
>Ribulose-phosphate 3-epimerase
MKQYLIAPSILSADFARLGEDTAKALAAGADVVHFDVMDNHYVPNLTIGPMVLKSLRNYG
ITAPIDVHLMVKPVDRIVPDFAAAGASIITFHPEASEHVDRTLQLIKENGCKAGLVFNPA
TPLSYLDYVMDKLDVILLMSVNPGFGGQSFIPQTLDKLREVRRRIDESGFDIRLEVDGGV
KVNNIGEIAAAGADMFVAGSAIFDQPDYKKVIDEMRSELAKVSHE
References
External Links:
ResourceLink
Uniprot ID:P0AG07
Uniprot Name:RPE_ECOLI
GenBank Gene ID:AP009048
Genebank Protein ID:85674531
Ecogene ID:EG11960
Ecocyc:EG11960
ColiBase:b3386
Kegg Gene:b3386
EchoBASE ID:EB1903
CCDB:RPE_ECOLI
BacMap:16131264
General Reference:
  • Blattner, F. R., Plunkett, G. 3rd, Bloch, C. A., Perna, N. T., Burland, V., Riley, M., Collado-Vides, J., Glasner, J. D., Rode, C. K., Mayhew, G. F., Gregor, J., Davis, N. W., Kirkpatrick, H. A., Goeden, M. A., Rose, D. J., Mau, B., Shao, Y. (1997). "The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12." Science 277:1453-1462. Pubmed: 9278503
  • Hayashi, K., Morooka, N., Yamamoto, Y., Fujita, K., Isono, K., Choi, S., Ohtsubo, E., Baba, T., Wanner, B. L., Mori, H., Horiuchi, T. (2006). "Highly accurate genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 strains MG1655 and W3110." Mol Syst Biol 2:2006.0007. Pubmed: 16738553
  • Lyngstadaas, A., Lobner-Olesen, A., Boye, E. (1995). "Characterization of three genes in the dam-containing operon of Escherichia coli." Mol Gen Genet 247:546-554. Pubmed: 7603433