Reaction: L-erythrulose 1-phosphate = D-erythrulose 4-phosphate
Other name(s): eryH (gene name)
Systematic name: L-erythrulose-1-phosphate isomerase
Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the pathogenic bacterium Brucella abortus, which causes brucellosis in livestock, participates in erythritol catabolism.
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References:
1. Barbier, T., Collard, F., Zuniga-Ripa, A., Moriyon, I., Godard, T., Becker, J., Wittmann, C., Van Schaftingen, E. and Letesson, J.J. Erythritol feeds the pentose phosphate pathway via three new isomerases leading to D-erythrose-4-phosphate in Brucella. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111 (2014) 17815-17820. [PMID: 25453104]