Reaction: D-xylulose 5-phosphate + phosphate = acetyl phosphate + D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate + H2O
Glossary: thiamine diphosphate
Other name(s): D-xylulose-5-phosphate D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-lyase (phosphate-acetylating)
Systematic name: D-xylulose-5-phosphate Comments: A thiamine-diphosphate protein.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 9031-75-8
References:
1. Heath, E.C., Hurwitz, J., Horecker, B.L. and Ginsburg, A. Pentose fermentation by Lactobacillus plantarum. I. The cleavage of xylulose 5-phosphate by phosphoketolase. J. Biol. Chem. 231 (1958) 1009-1029.
2. Schramm, M., Klybas, V. and Racker, E. Phospholytic cleavage of fructose-6-phosphate by fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase from Acetobacter xylinum. J. Biol. Chem. 233 (1958) 1283-1288.